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Tue Apr 19 • 7:00pm
Spotlight on our Virtual Seasons: Keeping Connected While Maintaining our Distance
"Thank you for supporting authors and booksellers through these difficult times!"
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Non-Fiction
Memoir
Sun Jun 26 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Run Towards the Danger
with Sarah Polley
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

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Podcast
Fiction
Episode 21 • Tue Jul 12
Ymir
with Rich Larson
Podcast • Episode 20 • Tue Jul 5
And a Dog Called Fig
with Helen Humphreys
Podcast • Episode 19 • Tue Jul 5
Poison Lilies
with Katie Tallo
Podcast • Episode 18 • Tue Jun 28
The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi
with Keith Seifert
Podcast • Episode 17 • Tue Jun 28
But the sun
with Conyer Clayton
Podcast • Episode 16 • Tue Jun 21
A Hero of Our Time
with Naben Ruthnum
Podcast • Episode 15 • Tue Jun 21
I Am Billy the Kid
with Michael Blouin
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