Join the conversation with new books and big ideas in the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Public Library’s signature event space for guests from the world of literature, the performing arts, politics and pop culture.
The spring season launches April 8th with internationally acclaimed author Jane Urquhart, in conversation with author Charles Foran on her new novel The Night Stages, followed by the multi-award winning Guy Vanderhaeghe on Daddy Lenin and Other Stories, with the CBC’s Michael Enright.
Two celebrated novelists, Lori Lansens and Sara Gruen, grace the stage on April 21st in conversation with Global TV’s Liza Fromer.
May brings Emmy-nominated actress Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager, Orange is the New Black) to the stage with her memoir, Born With Teeth, in conversation with the Globe and Mail’s Liz Renzetti.
Psychologist, journalist and bestselling author Susan Pinker and a panel of experts discuss the changing nature of community in a mobile and interconnected world to launch the 2015 SPUR Festival on April 9th.
On April 29th, Brian Stewart hosts the 2015 Canada Prize Awards Ceremony, celebrating the best Canadian scholarly books in the humanities and social science, with keynote speaker M.G. Vassanji.
In partnership with NOW magazine, the Salon presents Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges on Wages of Rebellion on May 12th and #1 bestselling author Jeff Rubin follows on May 20th with The Carbon Bubble: What Happens to Us When It Bursts.
Five preeminent York university scientists come to the stage on May 6th for Dispatches from the Frontiers of Science: 5 Big Questions for the Next 50 Years, with the CBC’s Anna Maria Tremonte and New York Times bestseller Leonard Mlodinow.
On May 15th Laura Calder, Lesley Stowe and Amy Rosen join food and travel writer Mark Schatzker for Chefs in the Salon.
Celebrating the Pan Am Games, Canada’s most talented spoken word artists come to the stage with Poetry Saved Our Lives, an ultimate Poetry Slam on May 22.
David Suzuki presents the 2015 June Callwood Lecture, Letters to My Grandchildren, on May 27.
Culminating the season, beloved author Judy Blume presents her first adult novel in 15 years, In the Unlikely Event, on June 29th.
All events are free. For a full listing, visit www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/appelsalon.
The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, located in the heart of Toronto on the second floor of the Toronto Reference Library, is a place where writers, thinkers, artists and innovators come together for conversation and debate. Since opening in 2009, the Appel Salon has hosted a wide array of fascinating people, including Margaret Atwood, Bruce Cockburn, Lena Dunham, Umberto Eco, Malcolm Gladwell, Ben Heppner, John Irving, Jhumpa Lahiri, Donna Leon, Stephen Lewis, David Mitchell, Anne Rice, Donna Tartt, Justin Trudeau and Salman Rushdie.
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Yvonne Hunter, 416-393-7098
Manager, Cultural and Special Event Programming
Toronto Public Library
yhunter@torontopubliclibrary.ca