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June 4 | 7:00 pm | Francesca Ekwuyasi was a finalist for Canada Reads 2021 and longlisted for 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her work Butter Honey Pig Bread . Join us for a conversation with the author as she discusses her novel about queer love, friendship, faith and family. Mississauga Library’s Author Talk series […]
June 11 | 7-8 pm | Anishinaabe writer and journalist Waubgeshig Rice joins us to discuss his latest, award-winning work, Moon of the Crusted Snow, a post-apocalyptic story of resilience and rebirth set in a remote northern First Nations community. Register here Mississauga Library’s Author Talk series features a wide range of talented writers. Hear authors read […]
June 18 | 7-8 pm | Join us for a conversation with investigative journalist Justin Ling whose recent book, Missing from the Village tells the tragic story of the disappearance of eight men—the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur–from Toronto’s queer community. Register here Mississauga Library’s Author Talk series features a wide range of talented writers. […]
MCX celebrates the diverse culture of comics, gaming, anime and more! This free event will be highlighting comic artists and authors.
Danielle Daniel is an award-winning author and illustrator. Like many Francophones with origins in Quebec, she shares an ancestral link to the people who inspired Daughters of the Deer, a first novel that springs from the story of what happened to the daughter of an Algonquin woman and a soldier/settler from France. She holds an MFA in […]
Maxwell Smart was eleven years old when his entire family was killed before his eyes, and he repeatedly escaped death at the hands of Nazis by hiding in the Polish forest. The Boy in the Woods is a remarkable story of a man who survived war and emerged as a celebrated artist. About Author Talks Mississauga Library’s […]
Jennifer Hillier is an award-winning author of seven psychological thrillers. A Filipino-Canadian born and raised in Toronto, she spent several years in Seattle before returning home to Canada. Jennifer is the author of Wonderland, Creep, Freak, The Butcher, Jar of Hearts, and Little Secrets. Her brilliant new thriller is Things We Do in the Dark. Register for this event.
Jennifer Hillier is an award-winning author of seven psychological thrillers. A Filipino-Canadian born and raised in Toronto, she spent several years in Seattle before returning home to Canada. Jennifer is the author of Wonderland, Creep, Freak, The Butcher, Jar of Hearts, and Little Secrets. Her brilliant new thriller is Things We Do in the Dark. Register for this event.
A Toronto-based writer, Zalika Reid-Benta’s story collection Frying Plantain won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction. Frying Plantain was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award, and the Trillium Book Award. She received an M.F.A. in fiction from Columbia and her first novel River Mumma […]
Tsering Yangzom Lama’s debut novel, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, is a New York Times Summer Reads Pick and a finalist for The Scotiabank Giller Prize. The book was longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and The Toronto Book Award. Born and raised in Nepal, Tsering Yangzom Lama is a Tibetan […]
Jaime Black-Morsette discusses the REDress Project, an art installation to seek justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Thursday, May 4, 2023, 7-8 PM. Online. Join us for a conversation with Jaime Black-Morsette, a Métis visual artist, living and working on their ancestral homeland in the Red River valley of Manitoba, Canada. Black-Morsette […]