During the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, George Elliott Clarke, Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2016-17) and Toronto Poet Laureate (2012-2015), began to commission composers to set Canadian poems to music. He now has 71 poems/songs to share in his signature series “5 Poets Breaking Into Song”. At each event a vocalist and a pianist perform…
DetailsFind Out What Award-winning Author Ian Williams Means to Say In partnership with the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), Brampton Library presents its latest Author Talks series event: an opportunity to engage with Brampton Arts Walk of Fame recipient and award-winning, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction author Ian Williams, featuring a live book reading and Q&A…
DetailsInside the Writers’ Room: How TV Shows Get Made North York Central Library Jeff Biederman is an award-winning TV writer, showrunner, and educator with over two decades of experience in television writing and production. He has written and produced over 250 episodes of TV, including the hit family comedy series Life with Derek, and has received…
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