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Yet the intern...</p> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT518597&R=EVT518597" class="main-image" data-record-id="EVT518597" data-title="Ghost Stories: A Literary Lecture with Andr茅 Alexis" data-format="Program" data-isbn="" data-upc="" data-size-code="MC" data-event-url="https://tpl.razuna.com/assets/3434/2935B8EB75474B348A823586B4508430/img/0CBE1F7A8AB9464696840B814AD84D70/Andre_Alexis_WIR_Fall_2024_TRL_-_E_vents_0CBE1F7A8AB9464696840B814AD84D70.jpg" data-thumb="thumb" data-series-url="Writer in Residence" data-program-type="Author Talks & Lectures" ></a> <div class="details" style="margin-top: 0;"> <h3> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT518597&R=EVT518597" > <div class="ellipsis"><span class='ellipsis_text'>Ghost Stories: A Literary Lecture with Andr茅 Alexis</span></div> </a> </h3> <p class="date"> <span class="start-date">Mon Nov 25, 2024</span> <span class="start-time">6:30 pm</span> - <span class="end-time">7:30 pm</span> <br/> Location: <a href="/detail.jsp?Nr=p_cat_branch_name:Toronto Reference Library">Toronto Reference Library</a> </p> <p class="description ">What is the essence of a ghost story? Must the ghost appear? Under what circumstances? Why is Henry James' "Turn of the Screw" effective, though we never learn if the ghosts are real or not. And, most important, what do ghost...</p> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT525779&R=EVT525779" class="main-image" data-record-id="EVT525779" data-title="Diversity & Inclusion Book Talk and Mancala" data-format="Program" data-isbn="" data-upc="" data-size-code="MC" data-event-url="" data-thumb="thumb" data-series-url="TPL Teens" data-program-type="Author Talks & Lectures" ></a> <div class="details" style="margin-top: 0;"> <h3> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT525779&R=EVT525779" > <div class="ellipsis"><span class='ellipsis_text'>Diversity & Inclusion Book Talk and Mancala</span></div> </a> </h3> <p class="date"> <span class="start-date">Tue Nov 26, 2024</span> <span class="start-time">4:00 pm</span> - <span class="end-time">5:00 pm</span> <br/> Location: <a href="/detail.jsp?Nr=p_cat_branch_name:Albion">Albion</a> </p> <p class="description ">Join us in the Youth Hub for a book talk and Mancala workshop led by author Njoroge Mungai. Teens will learn about the book ?D & I: Diversity and Inclusion? which profiles and celebrates the accomplishments of individual BIPO...</p> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT523982&R=EVT523982" class="main-image" data-record-id="EVT523982" data-title="Author Talk: Stephen Humphrey" data-format="Program" data-isbn="" data-upc="" data-size-code="MC" data-event-url="" data-thumb="thumb" data-series-url="Our Fragile Planet" data-program-type="Author Talks & Lectures" ></a> <div class="details" style="margin-top: 0;"> <h3> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT523982&R=EVT523982" > <div class="ellipsis"><span class='ellipsis_text'>Author Talk: Stephen Humphrey</span></div> </a> </h3> <p class="date"> <span class="start-date">Tue Nov 26, 2024</span> <span class="start-time">7:00 pm</span> - <span class="end-time">8:00 pm</span> <br/> Location: <a href="/detail.jsp?Nr=p_cat_branch_name:Fort York">Fort York</a> </p> <p class="description ">Author Stephen Humphrey will discuss his book, Paths of Pollen, which explains the science of pollen, ecological threats such as climate change and shrinking biodiversity, and the effect of such threats on pollination....</p> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT522947&R=EVT522947" class="main-image" data-record-id="EVT522947" data-title="Ask the Money Lady: How To Retire Debt Free & Wealthy" data-format="Program" data-isbn="" data-upc="" data-size-code="MC" data-event-url="" data-thumb="thumb" data-series-url="" data-program-type="Author Talks & Lectures" ></a> <div class="details" style="margin-top: 0;"> <h3> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT522947&R=EVT522947" > <div class="ellipsis"><span class='ellipsis_text'>Ask the Money Lady: How To Retire Debt Free & Wealthy</span></div> </a> </h3> <p class="date"> <span class="start-date">Tue Nov 26, 2024</span> <span class="start-time">6:30 pm</span> - <span class="end-time">8:00 pm</span> <br/> Location: <a href="/detail.jsp?Nr=p_cat_branch_name:Pape/Danforth">Pape/Danforth</a> </p> <p class="description ">Financial Adviser, columnist and author, Christine Ibbotson (How to Retire Debt-Free & Wealthy; 2020), presents an informative, engaging and fun talk on how Canadians can prepare for retirement and learn the tricks and techni...</p> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT525979&R=EVT525979" class="main-image" data-record-id="EVT525979" data-title="Chris Ware Book Launch" data-format="Program" data-isbn="" data-upc="" data-size-code="MC" data-event-url="https://tpl.razuna.com/assets/3434/8A20790AE8B7471AAE165E40C985AFF6/img/9722095756EB4465B7E83CC5ADCFCA4B/the_acme_nate_book_cover_black_yellow_9722095756EB4465B7E83CC5ADCFCA4B.jpg" data-thumb="thumb" data-series-url="" data-program-type="Author Talks & Lectures" ></a> <div class="details" style="margin-top: 0;"> <h3> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT525979&R=EVT525979" > <div class="ellipsis"><span class='ellipsis_text'>Chris Ware Book Launch</span></div> </a> </h3> <p class="date"> <span class="start-date">Wed Nov 27, 2024</span> <span class="start-time">6:00 pm</span> - <span class="end-time">8:00 pm</span> <br/> Location: <a href="/detail.jsp?Nr=p_cat_branch_name:Lillian H. Smith">Lillian H. Smith</a> </p> <p class="description ">Join us for the book launch of the third, and final, volume of Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Datebook series. "Exquisitely crafted fine art doodles, hand-selected meanderings and artisanal rewritings of personal confli...</p> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT524173&R=EVT524173" class="main-image" data-record-id="EVT524173" data-title="Ian Darragh: Blatant Injustice" data-format="Program" data-isbn="" data-upc="" data-size-code="MC" data-event-url="" data-thumb="thumb" data-series-url="" data-program-type="Author Talks & Lectures" ></a> <div class="details" style="margin-top: 0;"> <h3> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT524173&R=EVT524173" > <div class="ellipsis"><span class='ellipsis_text'>Ian Darragh: Blatant Injustice</span></div> </a> </h3> <p class="date"> <span class="start-date">Wed Nov 27, 2024</span> <span class="start-time">6:30 pm</span> - <span class="end-time">8:00 pm</span> <br/> Location: <a href="/detail.jsp?Nr=p_cat_branch_name:Don Mills">Don Mills</a> </p> <p class="description ">Ian Darragh presents a talk that explores a little known episode in Canadian history: when Jewish refugees were interned in Canada during World War II at the request of the British government. Registration is requi...</p> </div> </li> <li> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT527423&R=EVT527423" class="main-image" data-record-id="EVT527423" data-title="Fort York 10th Year Anniversary: Historical Talk" data-format="Program" data-isbn="" data-upc="" data-size-code="MC" data-event-url="https://tpl.razuna.com/assets/3434/8A20790AE8B7471AAE165E40C985AFF6/img/2D9EC57E92234D0CA4392581233858A5/fort_york_library_branch_2D9EC57E92234D0CA4392581233858A5.jpg" data-thumb="thumb" data-series-url="" data-program-type="Author Talks & Lectures" ></a> <div class="details" style="margin-top: 0;"> <h3> <a href="/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT527423&R=EVT527423" > <div class="ellipsis"><span class='ellipsis_text'>Fort York 10th Year Anniversary: Historical Talk</span></div> </a> </h3> <p class="date"> <span class="start-date">Wed Nov 27, 2024</span> <span class="start-time">7:00 pm</span> - <span class="end-time">8:00 pm</span> <br/> Location: <a href="/detail.jsp?Nr=p_cat_branch_name:Fort York">Fort York</a> </p> <p class="description ">Please join us for a historical talk with experts from the Fort York National Historic Site and Friends of Fort York and Garrison Common. 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