7:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and activities for children ages 5 and under with their parents or caregivers.

This is a drop-in program. No registration required.

Live or automated closed captioning, sign language interpretation, intervenor services, or attendant services are available upon request. Please submit your request at least 2 weeks in advance to: tpl.ca/accessibility-events.

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Join us for stories, songs and rhymes for children birth to 5 years with their parents and caregivers.

Drop-in. No registration required.

If you or your child lives with a disability, and requires an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Toronto Public Library presents acclaimed novelist Esi Edugyan and celebrated historian Tiya Miles in a conversation that challenges the boundaries between fiction and history. In conversation with CBC Ideas host Nahlah Ayed.

National Book Award winner, Tiya Miles, brings the tools of fiction, vivid characterization, emotional resonance, and narrative suspense, to her groundbreaking histories of enslaved women and Indigenous communities. Esi Edugyan, a two-time Giller Prize winner and Booker Prize finalist, grounds her historical novels in exhaustive archival research, excavating the lives of Black figures navigating 19th-century Europe and America with a historian's rigor and a novelist's grace.

Together, they'll explore the practical and ethical questions at the heart of their work: How do you responsibly imagine the inner lives of people who left few records? When does historical accuracy serve the story, and when does it constrain it? What can historians learn from novelists about making readers care, and what can novelists learn from historians about accountability to the past?

Edugyan and Miles will discuss how we recover, reckon with, and retell the stories that shaped us, with host Nahlah Ayed.

Question and answer session and book signing to follow. Books available for purchase.

Ticket registration for this event is required: Free tickets for this event are available to book via Eventbrite.

About this event's guests:

Esi Edugyan

Tiya Miles

Read More:

Washington Black

Half-Blood Blues

Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free people

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

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This event is part of TPL's Black History and Culture Series.

Presenting Sponsor of Heritage Programs: TD Bank Group, through the TD Ready Commitment.

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PLAN YOUR VISIT:

Location: Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street), 2nd floor

Time: Doors open 6:00pm, Event starts 7:00pm.

Tickets: Free registration required.

Ticket policy: We oversell these events to make sure that most people have an opportunity to attend. Tickets are guaranteed until 6:45pm or until capacity is reached. Any remaining space will be opened up to the rush line beginning at 6:45pm.
Bar: Beer/wine available for purchase (debit/credit only).

Accessibility: TPL is committed to accessibility. If you are Deaf or have a disability and would like to request accommodation
for this event, please contact accessibleservices@tpl.ca or 416-393-7099 at least three weeks prior to the event.

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10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Come enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and fun activities in this engaging program designed for children ages 5 and under, along with their parents or caregivers. The session will be followed by a one-hour workshop led by a Toronto Public Health Nurse or Nutrition Educator, offering valuable tips and strategies for positive parenting. Caregivers and babies are invited to Stay and Play from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Upcoming workshop dates, available in both English and Mandarin:

January 12 Child Health & Wellness
January 19 Getting Ready for Kindergarten
February 2 Growth & Development
February 9 Positive Parenting

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Enjoy stories, songs and rhymes for children ages five and under with their parents or caregivers. Families are welcome to stay and play after the program.

This is a drop-in program.

If you or your child lives with a disability and require an accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services at accessibleservices@tpl.ca or phone 416-393-7099. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Join us Tuesday mornings for stories, songs and rhymes for the whole family! For children with their parents or caregivers. Drop-in, Family

If you or your child lives with a disability, and requires an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request.

Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Learn about quality community resources for young families, enjoy a circle time for the young ones, and get some nutritious snacks. Suitable for families with children birth to six years old.

In partnership with EarlyON Child and Family Centre of Regent Park Community Health Centre.

10:15 AM to 10:45 AM

Stories, songs and activities for children 0-4 with a caregiver.
Drop in