Bram & Bluma Appel Salon announces fall season
TORONTO (Monday,
August 12, 2013) – The
Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library has a great fall
season lined up, with guests from the world of literature, the performing arts,
politics and big ideas.
American
literary big hitters Jhumpa Lahiri, Jonathan Lethem and Donna Tartt will all be
bringing their new books, as will Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny, who
launches the season on September 17 with her latest Detective Inspector
Gamache novel.
Former Prime
Minister Joe Clark brings his take on Canada’s role in the world with
How We Lead: Canada in a Century of Change; and former
liberal leader Michael Ignatieff looks back at the tough lessons of the 2011
election campaign in his candid memoir, Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure
in Politics.
Canada’s
favourite storyteller, Stuart McLean will also join us with a new collection,
and actor Colin Mochrie takes a comic look at the classics in his new book. From
the world of opera, internationally acclaimed tenor Ben Heppner will take the
stage, and actress and comedian Mary Walsh will explain why she’s Dancing with
Rage.
Chinese
writer Jung Chang, the author of the bestselling memoir, White Swans,
will be here with her new book about the Dowager Empress Cixi, and nature
photographer Freeman Patterson joins Mary Hynes to discuss his first book in
ten years, Embracing Creation.
And superstar
astronaut and twitter virtuoso Chris Hadfield will make his only Toronto
appearance at the Salon in December when he discusses “An Astronaut’s Guide
to the Earth” with broadcaster Valerie Pringle.
We’ll also be
celebrating the city when we host the Toronto Book Awards on October 9, the
only literary awards ceremony free and open to all. And in November, we invite Torontonians to
bring their best ideas for making the city better to our Idea Jam, featuring city
planner Jennifer Keesmat, writer in residence Shawn Micallef, and Regent
Park creative hub director Seema
Jethalal.
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Media Contact:
Tina
Srebotnjak, 416-393-7098 / 416-268-6840
Manager,
Cultural and Special Event Programming
Toronto
Public Library
tsrebotnjak@torontopubliclibrary.ca