Toronto Public Library Author Events

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The Reunion: A Novel 
  • Date: Tuesday, Septenver 06, 2022
  • 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 60 mins
  • LocationWoodside Square ,Program Room, Toronto, Ontario
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The Reunion tells the story of six close friends from India. It begins in Hyderabad and chronicles their destinies from the 1960's as they navigate religious, cultural, political and caste differences in and around their families. 
Author Raj Velamoor reads passages from the novel and provides a sense of how it is to grow up in Hyderabad, India, the caste system and the immigration experience. Discussion and Q & A at the end.
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​​Junie
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 60 mins
Location: Runnymede Public Library, Toronto, Ontario

​Chelene Knight joins us in-person to discuss her new book, Junie, a riveting exploration of the complexity within the mother-daughter relationship. Intimate and urgent, Junie is an unflinching tale of the dynamic vitality and eventual destruction of the once thriving Black and immigrant community of Vancouver's former Hogan's Alley neighborhood.