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Social Club
New Toronto Library Branch · Toronto, ON
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Social Club is on Oct 19, 2026 at New Toronto Library Branch. Join us for an afternoon of casual activities and conversation in a friendly and engaging atmosphere. Activities include board games, puzzles, colouring, and tech help. You are welcome to bring your own device or use our provided laptops during your visit. For: Adults (18+), Older Adults. Programme type: Games & Sports. Location in branch: Program room.…
Free
Held by Anne Michaels - By the Lake Book Club
Assembly Hall · Toronto, ON
7:00 p.m.
Held, by 2024 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Anne Michaels, is a luminous, fragmented novel about love, memory, and the reverberations of war across generations. Beginning on a First World War battlefield, the narrative moves through time and place to explore how desire and grief endure beyond a single lifetime. Michaels – renowned poet and author of Fugitive Pieces—weaves history and intimacy into a work of…
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2026 Toronto Book Award Winner – By the Lake Book Club
Assembly Hall · Toronto, ON
7:00 p.m.
Presented by: City of Toronto’s Assembly Hall and Toronto Book Awards and Humber Polytechnic’s Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design Join the recipient of the 2026 Toronto Book Award for a special discussion celebrating this year's winning book. Recognizing literary excellence and a strong connection to Toronto, the award honours works that contribute to the city's rich cultural and literary landscape. This…
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By the Lake Book Club – 6-Event Package (2027)
Assembly Hall · Toronto, ON
7:00 p.m.
Presented by: City of Toronto’s Assembly Hall and Toronto Book Awards, Humber Polytechnic’s Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design Join leading Canadian authors as they dive into conversation about their latest books with Humber Polytechnic alumni at Assembly Hall. The 2027 lineup features the 2026 Toronto Book Award Winner, Nadja Lubiw-Hazard, Ashraf Zaghal, Tyler Pennock, Gillian Deacon and Carrianne Leung.…
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The Life of a Creature by Nadja Lubiw-Hazard – By the Lake Book Club
Assembly Hall · Toronto, ON
7:00 p.m.
Presented by: City of Toronto’s Assembly Hall, Humber Polytechnic’s Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design Through interconnected stories, The Life of a Creature explores human-animal bonds. Nadja Lubiw-Hazard examines trauma, grief, healing and connection through characters including a veterinarian, a grieving mother and a woman reflecting on Chernobyl's feral dogs, revealing how all living beings are linked.…
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Seven Heavens Away by Ashraf Zaghal – By the Lake Book Club
Assembly Hall · Toronto, ON
7:00 p.m.
Presented by: City of Toronto’s Assembly Hall, Humber Polytechnic’s Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design Seven Heavens Away is a coming-of-age novel set in Jerusalem, following a Palestinian teenager grappling with grief, identity and belonging after a close friend's death amid escalating violence. Navigating family, friendship and a complicated bond with a Jewish girl, he confronts hard questions about loss,…
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By the Lake Book Club – 3-Event Package (2027)
Assembly Hall · Toronto, ON
7:00 p.m.
Presented by: City of Toronto’s Assembly Hall, Humber Polytechnic’s Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design Enjoy the final three By the Lake Book Club events of 2027 for just $55. Join Humber Polytechnic alumni as they dive into conversation with leading Canadian authors. This package features Tyler Pennock, Gillian Deacon and Carrianne Leung. Each event includes a reading, discussion, audience Q&A, book-signing…
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Skin by Tyler Pennock – By the Lake Book Club
Assembly Hall · Toronto, ON
7:00 p.m.
Presented by: City of Toronto’s Assembly Hall, Humber Polytechnic’s Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design Skin is a genre-blending poetry collection rooted in Treaty 8 territory, exploring memory, place, identity and belonging through a Two-Spirit Indigenous perspective. Through lyrical reflections on family, community, grief and land, Tyler Pennock examines how history and personal experience shape our…
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A Love Affair with the Unknown by Gillian Deacon – By the Lake Book Club
Assembly Hall · Toronto, ON
7:00 p.m.
Presented by: City of Toronto’s Assembly Hall, Humber Polytechnic’s Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design A Love Affair with the Unknown is a personal memoir examining how we navigate uncertainty, loss and transformation. Drawing on her experiences with illness, healing and life-changing challenges, Gillian Deacon, veteran journalist and television/radio host, explores what it means to live with vulnerability…
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Wonderland Road by Carrianne Leung – By the Lake Book Club
Assembly Hall · Toronto, ON
7:00 p.m.
Presented by: City of Toronto’s Assembly Hall, Humber Polytechnic’s Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design Wonderland Road is a dystopian novel set in a near future shaped by uncertainty, where three lives intertwine in a neighbourhood struggling to endure loss, isolation and change. Through characters searching for safety and connection, Carrianne Leung explores survival, community, family and hope in an…
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