Author Talks & Lectures
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Writing Trauma without Traumatizing Your Audience with Thom Ernst
Mon Jun 10, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: North York Central LibraryThom Ernst reads from his memoir 'The Wild Boy of Waubamik' and talks about writing trauma without traumatizing the audience (or retraumatizing the author). Thom leads a lively and accessible discussion on writing trauma, the...
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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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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...
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NYHS Presents Adam Bunch --Toronto's Founding Dog & How He Almost Got Eaten
Wed Jun 19, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: North York Central LibraryIt was the summer of 1793. The summer our city was founded. The first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada: John Graves Simcoe and his family sailed on the HMS Mississauga from Niagara to find a new capital for the new provinc...
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Zain Bandali, Mehndi Boy
Sat Jun 22, 2024 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: North York Central LibraryFamilies are invited to join children's author Zain Bandali as he discusses and leads an interactive activity about his debut book, Mehndi Boy. The story follows Tehzeeb, an artistic boy who dreams about becoming the most in-...
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Travel Talk: Baffin Island Nunavut
Sat Jun 22, 2024 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: North York Central LibraryHave you heard of the Akshayuk Pass in Baffin Island? Join Aviator Lola Reid Allin and her friends on her personally narrated, photographic chronicle of their challenging 10-day, 98-km Arctic camping adventure. During this tr...
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Making Comics with Kean Soo!
Fri Aug 09, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: North York Central LibraryLearn how to write and draw comics & graphic novels with the award-winning creator of Jellaby and March Grand Prix! Kean will lead you through the foundations of creating fun, compelling characters, plot outlines, and...