Upcoming Dates:
- Fri Jun 21
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.
Tue Jun 04, 2024
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Sanderson
Toula Drimonis is a Montreal-based opinion columnist, writer and news producer. Toula will talk about her book 'We the Others: Allophones, Immigrants and Belonging in Canada." She will also talk about her new...
Sat Jun 15, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:30 pm
Location:
Lillian H. Smith
Celebrate 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...
Mon Jun 10, 2024
6:30 pm
- 7:30 pm
Location:
S. Walter Stewart
Authors Nora Gold and Gary Barwin present their brilliant new books and discuss a wide range of topics including Jewish identity and experience in the contemporary world, the nature of creativity, the writing process, their l...
Sat Aug 10, 2024
1:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
Location:
Richview
Food 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, redu...
Sat Jun 22, 2024
10:30 am
- 11:30 am
Location:
North York Central Library
Families 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-...
Mon Jun 10, 2024
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
North York Central Library
Thom 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...
Sat Jun 22, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Sanderson
Join author Sahar Golshan as she reads from her new book and leads participants through a storytelling activity! Activity description: "The streetcar goes ?doot, doot, doot? in the picture book So Loud! This worksh...
Thu Aug 01, 2024
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Brentwood
Edelson?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...
Tue Jun 04, 2024
6:30 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Yorkville
This 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: -...
Sat Jun 08, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Albert Campbell
Join children's author Sarabeth Holden for a reading of her book Benny the Bananasaurus Rex, followed by an interactive creative writing workshop. This workshop is designed for children aged 3-8. Sarabeth is a chil...
Wed Jun 05, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:30 pm
Location:
Runnymede
Join Toula Drimonis, Montreal-based opinion columnist, writer, and news producer, as she discusses her 2023 debut bestseller We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada. As a second-generation d...
Fri Aug 02, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
Brentwood
While 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! ...
Thu Jun 13, 2024
6:30 pm
- 7:30 pm
Location:
Lillian H. Smith
Join 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." Art historian Margo...
Sat Jun 22, 2024
2:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Location:
Lillian H. Smith
Join us for a special author talk reuniting in Toronto the creative team behind the Eisner Winning series Descender and Ascender. Jeff Lemire (Essex County, Sweet Tooth, Black Hammer) and Dustin Nguyen (Batman, American Vampi...
Sat Jul 27, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
Location:
McGregor Park
In 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!...
Tue Jun 25, 2024
2:00 pm
- 3:30 pm
Location:
Runnymede
Ruth Lor Malloy's doctor says she is the healthiest 91 year old she has ever seen. People keep asking what her secret is and now she is going to share it. Ruth will talk about her healthy living habits, her belief in divine i...
Thu Aug 22, 2024
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Brentwood
Canada is one of the most urbanized countries globally. This talk will cover some of the challenges related to conserving and enhancing urban space and trees. Dr. Danijela Puric-Mladenovic is a researcher and professor...
Tue Jun 04, 2024
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Location:
Toronto Reference Library
Tommy 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...
Mon Jun 17, 2024
7:00 pm
- 8:30 pm
Location:
Toronto Reference Library
Celebrated 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...