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Fall 2019: Oct 24 to Oct 29
Fall 2019: Oct 24 to Oct 29

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Politics
Non-Fiction
Mon May 27 • 7:00pm • allsaints event space
Book Launch: TEARDOWN: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up
Dave Meslin
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Non-Fiction
History
Music
Wed May 29 • 7:00pm • Dominion Chalmers
One on One
with Geddy Lee
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Music
Thu Jun 6 • 7:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Random Play with CBC's Alan Neal
with Lydia Ainsworth, Basia Bulat, Kathleen Edwards and more
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Non-Fiction
History
Wed Jun 12 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada, Alfred Pellan Room (2nd floor)
Indigenous Writers’ Gathering
with Colleen Cardinal, Suzanne Methot and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm-Damm
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Fiction
Tue Sep 17 • 7:00pm • Southminster United Church
The Testaments
One on One with Margaret Atwood
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