Atwater Library Presents Free Events
The Atwater Library has sent us a brochure outlining their Literary Programme which we share here. These events are really excellent, and provide some stimulation and companionship for a few hours.
The Atwater Library Lunchtime Series (Coffee Served, Free Admission, Donations Invited) includes:
Friday, October 23 at 12:30 p.m. – Terry Mosher (Aislin) gives an illustrated presentation of his new book, Aislin’s Shenanigans, featuring his best cartoons of the past three years.
Thursday, October 29 at 12:30 p.m. Karolyn Smardz Frost speaks about her book I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad, winner of the 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award for English Non-Fiction.
Tuesday, November 10 at 12:30 p.m. On the eve of Rememberance Day, Desmond Morton, McGill University Emeritus Professor of History, gives a talk entitled, “Remembering both November 11ths“.
Wednesday, November 18 at 12:30 p.m. Tom Perlmutter, Government Film Commissioner and National Film Board Chairperson, makes a presentation on the 70th Anniversary of the NFB.
Thursday, November 26 at 12:30 p.m. For St. Andrew’s Day, Richard Feltoe gives a talk on John Redpath, the 19th century Scots-Montrealer business leader and philanthropist. Mr. Feltoe is John Redpath’s biographer and is also the Curator of the Redpath Sugar Museum in Toronto.
Not to be forgotten….The Atwater Library Book Club, lead by author Mary Soderstrom
Wednesday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m. Distantly Related to Freud by Ann Charney
Wednesday, December 16 at 7:30 p.m. Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci
Wednesday, February 17 at 7:30 p.m. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones.
All activities will be held at the Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Avenue (at Tupper), Westmount, Quebec. Metro Atwater. Tel. (514) 935-7344.
