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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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Consent and Censorship in Gloeckner and Tamaki
Tue Jun 04, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: YorkvilleThis presentation examines how the age of consent plays a role in the following novels' depictions of teenage sexuality and how this may give rise to (necessary) discomfort amongst readers: -...
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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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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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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...