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Good Food Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet
Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: PalmerstonFood waste is a big problem around the world. It happens at restaurants and in grocery stores, but the biggest source of food waste might surprise you: it's us! Since so much waste happens in our own homes, reducing how much...
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Author Talk: Gary Barwin
Thu Jul 04, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: BrentwoodIn this lively presentation, award-winning best-selling author Gary Barwin will share engaging examples from his many books of fiction, poetry, and essays. He will also speak about how he addresses difficult subjects with hum...
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Meet author Terry Fallis
Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Victoria VillageToronto author Terry Fallis will read and discuss his new book ' A New Season.' A Q&A will follow. Join us!
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Caribbean Storytime with Yolanda T. Marshall
Fri Jul 05, 2024 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Location: Spadina RoadLet's get moving! Join Guyanese-born Canadian author Yolanda T. Marshall for a lively, interactive storytelling program as she reads from her Caribbean-inspired picture books followed by Soca music. Yolanda T. Mar...
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Caribbean Storytime with Yolanda T. Marshall
Thu Jul 11, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Gerrard/AshdaleLet's get moving! Join Guyanese-born Canadian author Yolanda T. Marshall for a lively, interactive storytelling program as she reads from her Caribbean-inspired picture books followed by Soca music. Yolanda T. Marshall is the...
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Doodling and Writing with Kevin Sylvester
Thu Jul 18, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Don MillsAuthor/illustrator Kevin Sylvester (Neil Flambe series; Night of the Living Zed) reads and presents his books and talks about creativity and how to organize creative ideas. Then he will lead a short drawing activity and share...
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Underwater Canada with Jill Heinerth
Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: OnlineJoin Jill Heinerth, author of The Aquanaut, as she shares images and video clips from her experiences as a female diver, exploring life under the water. Explore the hidden underwater geography along Canada's 205,000 km of coa...
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Paper Collage Workshop
Sat Jul 27, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: McGregor ParkIn this paper collage workshop, join illustrator Ashley Barron to craft a brand new planet using simple paper collage techniques. Explore abstraction and discover how tiny pieces, when added together, can make a larger image!...
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Author Talk: Miriam Edelson
Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: BrentwoodEdelson?s work delves into parenting and family relationships as well as topics related to lived experience of mental health challenges and loss. She has a hopeful take on difficult subjects, diving deep into an emotional pla...
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Mighty Scared: The Amazing Ways Animals Defend Themselves
Fri Aug 02, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: BrentwoodWhile people might run or scream, animals have amazing ways of protecting themselves when they're afraid: Fulmar birds vomit, Texas horned lizards shoot blood from their eyes and hagfish slime their enemies! ...