The eh List for Fall 2011 is a fantastic line-up, featuring lots of what Torontonians love: mystery, literary works, poetry, and great interviews. The mandate of The eh List is to identify the Canadian authors who Torontonians are reading, and bring them to the library. You borrowed the book, now come and meet the author. […]
The eh List Author Series is our premier showcase for new Canadian books; this season, The eh List features authors we know and love, authors who are emerging from the pack, and a few surprises. We love mysteries. Canadians not only read them passionately, we create them at quite a pace. This season we feature […]
Two authors with chilling stories visit The eh List Author Series next week, and you might just want to bring a friend along to the readings… Robert J. Wiersema is a a newish Victoria, BC writer with a very disturbing tale to tell. Bedtime Story isn't exactly the sort of thing you want to read […]
If you were not one of the nearly 350 who were at the Appel Salon for The eh List's Extraordinary Canadians event, you missed a fantastic evening. Those in attendance were treated to John Ralston Saul and Joseph Boyden in easy – and very engaging discussion about some of Canada's most influential people, Louis […]
TORONTO (Thursday, September 2, 2010) – Toronto Public Library’s fall season of the popular eh List Author Series brings some of Canada’s best authors to library branches across the city. Held from September 16 to November 22, the library’s premier literary series involves writers from coast to coast reading from their latest books and taking […]
Welcome to our latest offerings from The eh List Author Series, Toronto Public Library's premier Canadian author showcase. We've got book launches and bookish lunches, Joseph Boyden and Shakespeare's Bastard, chilling tales and memorable memoirs… in fact, we've got Can Lit covered for the fall – from literary novels and poetry, lots of mystery and […]
The Keep Toronto Reading / One Book contest winners were the Beaches Library Book Club, and last night they claimed their prize: Dinner with Austin Clarke. The event was sponsored by TD Bank Financial Group, and they offered up their private dining room on the 54th floor of the TD Center for the dinner […]
I’ve seen a lot of things at author readings. But I’ve never seen anyone proffer a weapon for signature from the author. Until now. Author Jack Whyte, whose hugely popular historical fiction series’ are long and legendary, was more than happy to sign the crossbow brought in by a fan. The fan, ‘Lynn’, was […]
Tuesday, March 23. The eh List Author Series hosts some amazing authors. They always have great books. But they don't always live lives which match the excitement and drama of their novels. But Toronto's own David Rotenberg has that sort of 'right stuff'. The author of half a dozen best-selling mystery novels may be best […]
Here we are again at the start of the third season of The eh List Author Series. The eh List is a Toronto Public Library program series featuring the Canadian authors and new books that everyone is reading. Even while I am compiling the list for the Fall series, I am reading my way through […]