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Racing to Go Viral | Ben Smith & Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Wed May 22, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Toronto Reference LibraryWhat's at stake when news becomes click-bait? In a data-driven world where success is often measured by likes and shares, news outlets are fighting for eyeballs. In the race against fleeting attention spans, what's the risk w...
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Atelier Comment écrire une autofiction ? 4ème partie
Tue May 28, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Location: Toronto Reference LibraryLa 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...
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Rob Harvilla: 60 Songs that Explain the '90s
Wed May 29, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Toronto Reference LibraryWriter and podcaster Rob Harvilla visits the Appel Salon to regale music lovers with tales from his new book 60 Songs That Explain the '90s, a companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify. The 1990s were a chaotic...
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Kaya Genç: A Journey Through Modern Turkey
Mon Jun 03, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Toronto Reference LibraryConsidered a physical and cultural bridge between the East and the West, Turkey is a nation of contradictions. From its rich cultural history as one of the world's oldest civilizations to its challenging socio-political prese...
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Tommy Orange: Wandering Stars
Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Toronto Reference LibraryTommy Orange, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist and American Book Award-winning novel There There, discusses Wandering Stars, his follow-up novel tracing the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indust...
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Keiron Pim: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth
Mon Jun 10, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Toronto Reference LibraryWriter Keiron Pim visits the Appel Salon to discuss his new book Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth with host Eleanor Wachtel. The mercurial, self-mythologising novelist and journalist Joseph Rot...
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Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human
Tue Jun 11, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Toronto Reference LibraryKai Cheng Thom (she/her), MSW, MSc, QMed, is a writer, performer, somatic coach, and professional dialogue facilitator. An award-winning author and thought leader on revolutionary love, trauma healing, and transformative appr...
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The ABCs in Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon's "An Illustrated Comic Alpabet"
Thu Jun 13, 2024 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Lillian H. SmithJoin the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books for a special lecture celebrating the 165th anniversary of Canada's first picture book. Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon's "An Illustrated Comic Alphabet" delivered by art his...
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Cancer Confidential: Backstage Dramas in the Radiation Clinic
Sat Jun 15, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Lillian H. SmithCelebrate Pride Month and Cancer Survivor month! Join Dr Charles Hayter as he draws back the curtain on his life as an oncologist and his journey to authenticity as an out gay man. He will read and discuss excerpts...
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Ann Powers: On the Path to Joni Mitchell
Mon Jun 17, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Toronto Reference LibraryCelebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers visits the Appel Salon to discuss her new book Traveling: On the Path to Joni Mitchell with host Tabassum Siddiqui. Not another standard telling of the Joni Mitchell story but a tale of...