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A Discussion with Author Mariam Pirbhai

in partnership with Words Worth Books

2024-01-16 19:00:00 2024-01-16 20:00:00 America/New_York A Discussion with Author Mariam Pirbhai Adults Eastside Branch - Program Room

Tuesday, January 16
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-01-16 19:00:00 2024-01-16 20:00:00 America/New_York A Discussion with Author Mariam Pirbhai Adults Eastside Branch - Program Room

Eastside Branch

Program Room

Adults

Join us for an evening with Mariam Pirbhai, writer and academic as she discusses her new book Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging, a combo of nature writing and memoir, exploring her relationship, as an immigrant who has lived in other parts of the world, to what it means to belong and settle a new land—specifically here in the Grand River region, in Waterloo. The book is filtered through the lens of gardens and gardening.

Presented in partnership with Words Worth Books.

About Mariam Pirbhai:

Mariam Pirbhai is the author of a debut novel titled Isolated Incident (Mawenzi 2022) featured among CBC’s “65 Works of Fiction to Watch For in Fall 2022); and a short story collection titled Outside People and Other Stories (Inanna 2017), winner of the IPPY and American BookFest Awards. Pirbhai is Professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University, where she teaches and specializes in postcolonial studies and creative writing. She is also the author or editor of several academic books on the global South Asian diaspora, including Mythologies of Migration, Vocabularies of Indenture: Novels of the South Asian Diaspora in Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia-Pacific (University of Toronto Press 2009), and Critical Perspectives on Indo-Caribbean Women’s Literature (Routledge 2013). Pirbhai has served as President of CAPS (Canadian Association of Postcolonial Studies, formerly CACLALS), Canada’s longest-running scholarly association devoted to postcolonial and global anglophone literatures. Pirbhai is the daughter of Pakistani immigrants whose arrival in Canada followed a circuitous route from England, the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines. She and her husband live in Waterloo, Ontario.

About Garden Inventories - Reflections of Land Place and Belonging:

In Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging, scholar Mariam Pirbhai looks carefully at the square of land she has called home in Southern Ontario for the past seventeen years, which she notes is a milestone for her, and asks how long it takes to be rooted to a place? And what does that truly mean? Seeing the landscape around her with the layered experience of a childhood spent wandering the world, Pirbhai shares her efforts to create a garden and understand her new home. From the strange North American obsession with non-fruiting fruit trees to the naming conventions of plants that erase their heritage, she casts a sharp eye on the choices that have shaped our gardens, and our society. Pirbhai considers wildflowers and weeds, our obsession with lawns, the choices in our plant nurseries and even our Canadian dedication to the cottage with warmth and humour. The result is a delightful collection of essays that invites the reader to see the beautiful complexity of the land around us all in a new way.

Programmer: Nancy

Mariam Pirbhai

AGE GROUP: | Adults 19+ |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Clubs, Writing and Authors |

TAGS: | Author Event |

Eastside Branch

Phone: 519-886-1310

Hours
We're closed Wednesday December 25 due to Christmas Day
We're closed Thursday December 26 due to Boxing Day
We're closed Sunday December 29 due to Closed for holidays
Mon, Dec 23 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Dec 24 9:30AM to 1:30PM
(Christmas Eve)
Wed, Dec 25 Closed
(Christmas Day)
Thu, Dec 26 Closed
(Boxing Day)
Fri, Dec 27 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Dec 28 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Dec 29 Closed
(Closed for holidays)

About the branch

Located at the RIM Park Manulife Sportsplex, the Eastside Branch boasts specialized creative spaces, quiet study areas, a nature education space and lots of natural light.

Upcoming events

Thu, Dec 26, All day
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Fri, Dec 27, All day
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Sat, Dec 28, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 7 to 10 years old.

Sat, Dec 28, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Sun, Dec 29, All day
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Mon, Dec 30, All day
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Mon, Dec 30, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Mon, Dec 30, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Tue, Dec 31, All day
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Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Thu, Jan 02, All day
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Thu, Jan 02, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Sat, Jan 04, 10:30am - 12:00pm
McCormick Branch
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Sat, Jan 04, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Mon, Jan 06, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Older Adults
This event is full

Tue, Jan 07, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Jan 07, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Tue, Jan 07, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Thu, Jan 09, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
Ages 0 to 5 years with a caregiver.

Thu, Jan 09, 10:45am - 11:45am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages 12 to 23 months with a caregiver.

Sat, Jan 11, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Sat, Jan 11, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Main Library - Board Room
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This event is full

Mon, Jan 13, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Mon, Jan 13, 11:00am - 12:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For Adults and Older Adults

Mon, Jan 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Mon, Jan 13, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Cancelled
Tue, Jan 14, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch
For children ages 2 to 5 years with a caregiver.

Tue, Jan 14, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Jan 14, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Tue, Jan 14, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For Families

Tue, Jan 14, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Families

Wed, Jan 15, 10:30am - 11:15am
McCormick Branch
For children ages 2 to 5 years with a caregiver.

Wed, Jan 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Older Adults

Wed, Jan 15, 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Jan 15, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 4 to 12 months with a caregiver.

Wed, Jan 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years.

Wed, Jan 15, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 13 to 18 years.

Thu, Jan 16, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
Ages 0 to 5 years with a caregiver.

Thu, Jan 16, 11:00am - 11:45am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For children ages 12 to 23 months with a caregiver.

Thu, Jan 16, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - Board Room
For ages 16 years and up.

Fri, Jan 17, All day
All library locations
For Families

Fri, Jan 17, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
McCormick Branch
For Families

Sat, Jan 18, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For families

Sat, Jan 18, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Sat, Jan 18, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Sat, Jan 18, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults

Sat, Jan 18, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years.

Mon, Jan 20, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For ones ages 11 to 23 months with a caregiver.
Registration opens Monday, December 30 2024 at 7:00pm

Mon, Jan 20, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Mon, Jan 20, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Mon, Jan 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Mon, Jan 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years.
Registration opens Monday, December 30 2024 at 7:00pm

Mon, Jan 20, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 7 to 9 years old.
Registration opens Monday, December 30 2024 at 7:00pm

Tue, Jan 21, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Tue, Jan 21, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For Older Adults

Cancelled
Tue, Jan 21, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch
For children ages 2 to 5 years with a caregiver.

Tue, Jan 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For kids ages 8 to 12 years.
Registration opens Monday, December 30 2024 at 7:00pm

Tue, Jan 21, 6:45pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults
Registration opens Monday, December 30 2024 at 7:00pm

Wed, Jan 22, 10:30am - 11:15am
McCormick Branch
For children ages 2 to 5 years with a caregiver.

Wed, Jan 22, 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Jan 22, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 4 to 12 months with a caregiver.

Wed, Jan 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Families

Wed, Jan 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.
Registration opens Monday, December 30 2024 at 7:00pm

Wed, Jan 22, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults

Wed, Jan 22, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 13 to 18 years.
Registration opens Monday, December 30 2024 at 7:00pm

Thu, Jan 23, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
Ages 0 to 5 years with a caregiver.

Thu, Jan 23, 11:00am - 11:45am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For children ages 12 to 23 months with a caregiver.

Thu, Jan 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - Board Room
For Adults
Registration opens Thursday, January 2 2025 at 7:00pm

Thu, Jan 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 13 to 18 years.
Registration opens Thursday, January 2 2025 at 7:00pm

Sat, Jan 25, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Sat, Jan 25, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For Families

Sat, Jan 25, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Main Library - Board Room
For Adults
This event is full

Sat, Jan 25, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For Families