Upcoming Dates:
- Fri May 17
- Fri Jun 21
Wed May 15, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Albion
Join us for an insightful book talk by Christine Higdon who will be discussing key themes and offer unique insights on her novel: Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, and Rue. Christine's work delves into complex political and social...
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
on recurring dates listed below
Location:
Guildwood
Come to the library to discuss current events. Every third Friday each month from 2 to 3 p.m. No meetings in July or August. Please contact the branch to register. Space is limited.
Fri May 17, 2024
6:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Lillian H. Smith
Join us for a talk with author Martha Wells on her first visit to Toronto! She'll be talking about her career from Books of Ile-Rien, Raksura, Murderbot, Witch King, and everything in between. Martha will also be doing a live...
Tue May 21, 2024
6:00 pm
- 7:15 pm
Location:
Toronto Reference Library
La littérature d'aujourd'hui est obsédée par la vérité. Alors, quelles sont les règles pour écrire vrai ? Et qu?entendent les romanciers.ères par vérité ? C?est surtout l'affirmation de Boris Vian, que « l'histoire est entièr...
Wed May 22, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Northern District
Is it the engaging characters, the compelling plots, the sense of familiarity, or a bit of all that make crime fiction series? so addictive? In this one-hour talk, we look at why we love this immersive and addictive reading e...
Tue May 28, 2024
3:00 pm
- 4:30 pm
Location:
Spadina Road
Author Carol WilliamsWong shares her life story through readings of her memoir/books, "Letters to My Grandchildren: memoirs of a dragon lady", and "Conversation with a Hakka Dragon Lady". From Jamaica to...
Tue May 28, 2024
6:00 pm
- 7:15 pm
Location:
Toronto Reference Library
La littérature d'aujourd'hui est obsédée par la vérité. Alors, quelles sont les règles pour écrire vrai ? Et qu?entendent les romanciers.ères par vérité ? C?est surtout l'affirmation de Boris Vian, que « l'histoire est entièr...
Tue May 28, 2024
6:30 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
York Woods
Food sovereignty is a concept that emphasizes the rights of individuals and communities to control their food systems, including production, distribution, and consumption. From a Black farmer's perspective in Canada, food sov...
Thu May 30, 2024
6:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Wychwood
Nora Gold, author of ?In Sickness and in Health /Yom Kippur in a Gym?, and Gary Barwin, author of ?Imagining imagining: Essays in Language, Identity and Infinity?, launch their new books at the Wychwood branch. Dr...
Thu May 30, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:30 pm
Location:
Victoria Village
Mrs Dalloway was first published in 1925 by Virginia and Leonard Woolf's own publishing house, the Hogarth Press. The Woolfs started their own press as a space for experimental literature and radical ideas: being publishers...