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A Discussion with Heather O'Neill

in partnership with Words Worth Books

2024-09-30 19:00:00 2024-09-30 20:00:00 America/New_York A Discussion with Heather O'Neill Adults Eastside Branch - Program Room

Monday, September 30
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-30 19:00:00 2024-09-30 20:00:00 America/New_York A Discussion with Heather O'Neill Adults Eastside Branch - Program Room

Eastside Branch

Program Room

Adults

Join us for discussion with award winning short-story writer and essayist Heather O’Neill as she discusses her newest release The Capital of Dreams.

Award winning author, Catherine Leroux will be moderating and interviewing for the discussion.

Presented in partnership with Words Worth Books in celebration of 40 years.

About The Capital of Dreams

Sofia Bottom lives in a small country that Europe has forgotten. But inside its borders, the old myths of trees that come alive and faeries who live among their roots have given way to an explosion of the arts and the consolations of philosophy. No one, from the clarinettists to the cabaret singers, is as revered in the arts as Sofia's brilliant mother, the writer Clara Bottom. How can 14 year old Sofia, with a tin ear and an enduring love of the old myths, ever hope to win her mother's love?

When the country's greatest enemy invades, and the Capital is under threat, at last Clara turns to her daughter. Sofia must smuggle her new manuscript to safety on the last train evacuating children from the city. But the train draws to a suspicious halt in the middle of a forest, and Sofia must run for her life, losing her mother's most prized possession. Now frightened and alone in a country at war, Sofia must find a way to reclaim what she has lost. On an epic journey through woods and razed towns, colliding with soldiers, survivors and other lost children, Sofia must make the choice between kindness and survival.

In a stunning dark fairytale of a novel, Heather O'Neill reveals once again that she is a master of language that is as delicious as cake and serious as a gunshot.

About Heather O’Neill

HEATHER O'NEILL is a novelist, short-story writer and essayist. Her most recent novel, When We Lost Our Heads was a #1 national bestseller and was a finalist for the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal. Her previous works include The Lonely Hearts Hotel, which won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and CBC's Canada Reads, as well as Lullabies for Little Criminals, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night and Daydreams of Angels, which were shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize two years in a row. She has won CBC's Canada Reads and the Danuta Gleed Award. Born and raised in Montreal, O'Neill lives there today.

About Catherine Leroux

Catherine Leroux is Québec novelist, translator and editor born in 1979. Her debut novel La marche en forêt was published in 2011. Two years later, Le mur mitoyen won the France-Quebec Prize and its English version, The Party Wall, was nominated for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Future (L’avenir in French), won the 2024 edition of Canada Reads. Her latest novel, Peuple de verre, is a speculative fiction about the housing crisis. As a translator, Catherine has brought the works of Sean Michaels, Andrew Kaufman and (soon) Sarah Bernstein into French, and won the 2019 Governor general award for her translation of Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien. She lives in Montreal with her two children.

Programmer:  Nancy


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Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Sat, Aug 02, 11:00am - 11:45am
McCormick Branch
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Mon, Aug 04, All day
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Tue, Aug 05, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
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Tue, Aug 05, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Tue, Aug 05, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
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Tue, Aug 05, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Tue, Aug 05, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Study Room 1
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Tue, Aug 05, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McCormick Branch
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Tue, Aug 05, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Tue, Aug 05, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.

Tue, Aug 05, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Wed, Aug 06, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Wed, Aug 06, 10:30am - 11:15am
McCormick Branch
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Wed, Aug 06, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.

Wed, Aug 06, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults

Wed, Aug 06, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Older Adults

Wed, Aug 06, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.

Wed, Aug 06, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.

Thu, Aug 07, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 11 to 23 months old with a caregiver.
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Thu, Aug 07, 2:00pm - 3:15pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 6 to 10 years old.
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Thu, Aug 07, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Aug 07, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults
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Thu, Aug 07, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Aug 07, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
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Thu, Aug 07, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library
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Sat, Aug 09, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Sat, Aug 09, 11:00am - 4:00pm
Waterloo Park Promenade
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Sat, Aug 09, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
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Sat, Aug 09, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Families

Mon, Aug 11, 10:00am - 11:30am
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults
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Mon, Aug 11, 11:00am - 12:00pm
McCormick Branch
For Older Adults

Mon, Aug 11, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Aug 11, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Adults

Mon, Aug 11, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For babies ages 6 to 18 months with a caregiver.

Mon, Aug 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.

Mon, Aug 11, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
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Mon, Aug 11, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Aug 12, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Aug 12, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Aug 12, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Aug 12, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Trails - Eastside Branch
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Tue, Aug 12, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Aug 12, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For adults in their 20s and 30s.
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Wed, Aug 13, 10:30am - 11:15am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Aug 13, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Wed, Aug 13, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 6 to 12 years old.
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Wed, Aug 13, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 5 to 8 years old.
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Wed, Aug 13, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.

Wed, Aug 13, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
McCormick Branch
Everyone welcome

Thu, Aug 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 11 to 23 months old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Thu, Aug 14, 2:00pm - 3:15pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 6 to 10 years old.

Thu, Aug 14, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults
This event is full

Thu, Aug 14, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Aug 14, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Aug 14, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
Everyone welcome

Thu, Aug 14, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Adults
This event is full

Mon, Aug 18, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Aug 19, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Aug 19, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Aug 20, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Aug 20, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Wed, Aug 20, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For families with kids ages birth to 8 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Aug 20, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 17 to 19 years old.

Thu, Aug 21, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Aug 21, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Aug 21, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
Everyone welcome

Mon, Aug 25, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 3 to 5 years old with a caregiver.
Registration opens Tuesday, August 5 2025 at 7:00pm

Mon, Aug 25, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For babies ages 6 to 18 months with a caregiver.
Registration opens Monday, August 4 2025 at 7:00pm

Mon, Aug 25, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Aug 26, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Aug 26, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults
Registration opens Tuesday, August 5 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Aug 27, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Aug 27, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Wed, Aug 27, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 7 to 10 years old.
Registration opens Wednesday, August 6 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Aug 27, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For families with kids ages birth to 8 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Aug 28, 10:45am - 11:30am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For babies ages 0 to 12 months with a caregiver.
Registration opens Thursday, August 7 2025 at 7:00pm

Thu, Aug 28, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
Everyone welcome