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Thu-Mon May 19-23 • 10:30-11:15am & 2:00-2:45pm • LeBreton Flats Park
Mindfullness Workshops
"Discovering your Creativity Through Mindfulness"
Upcoming Events
Tue Jun 14 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Run Towards the Danger
with Sarah Polley
Wed Jul 13 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Cold, Cold Bones
with Kathy Reichs
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Live Online Event
Fiction
Wed May 18 • 7:00pm
Take Your Breath Away
With Linwood Barclay
Politics
Non-Fiction
Memoir
Tue May 10 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Still Hopeful
with Maude Barlow
Live Online Event
History
Tue May 3 • 7:00pm
Have You Eaten Yet?
With Cheuk Kwan
Music
Poetry
Fri Apr 29 • 8:00pm • Online Event
Arc Poetry Magazine Spring Launch: Tribute to Diana Brebner
With John Barton, Dessa Bayrock, Anita Lahey, Sneha Madhavan-Reese and music by Ensemble Allure
Live Online Event
Non-Fiction
Science
Tue Apr 26 • 7:00pm
The Power of Teamwork
With Dr. Brian Goldman
Live Online Event
Fiction
Politics
Non-Fiction
Science
History
Poetry
Memoir
Tue Apr 19 • 7:00pm
Spotlight on our Virtual Seasons: Keeping Connected While Maintaining our Distance
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Upcoming Podcasts
New episode each Tuesday
Podcast • Tue May 24
Intimacies
with Katie Kitamura
Podcast • Tue May 24
The Artist and the Assassin
with Mark Frutkin
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Podcast
Poetry
Episode 06 • Tue May 17
Nuclear Family
with Jean van Loon
Podcast • Episode 05 • Tue May 17
Animal Person
with Alexander MacLeod
Podcast • Episode 04 • Tue May 10
Easy Beauty
with Chloe Cooper Jones
Podcast • Episode 03 • Tue May 10
The Nutmeg's Curse
with Amitav Ghosh
Podcast • Episode 02 • Tue May 3
This Is Assisted Dying
with Dr. Stefanie Green
Podcast • Episode 01 • Tue May 3
The Fell
With Sarah Moss
Podcast • Episode 03 • Wed Apr 27
Look Back at Season 3
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