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World Book Cafe: Toronto

World Book Caf茅, the programme where writers reveal the secrets of their home cities

Toronto is a bustling city on Lake Ontario which is growing at an astonishing rate. Almost a third of Torontonians have arrived in the last decade and more than half were born outside of Canada. The city鈥檚 Mohawk name is , which means 鈥渢he place on the water where the trees are standing".
Noah Richler explores the fictional landscape of the city with four of its exciting writers from different generations and backgrounds; Catherine Hernandez, Adrianna Chartrand, Don Gillmor and Deepa Rajagopalan who all join him in front of a lively audience at The House of Anansi Bookshop.

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49 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Jul 2024 11:06GMT

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