Events for Toronto Book Lovers

Exhibits:

The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection
Continuing – The room is open from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and by appointment.
@ The Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. Toronto
“The Toronto Reference Library has one of the world’s foremost collections of library materials devoted to the life and work of Arthur Conan Doyle. Much of the collection, of course, is devoted to Doyle’s most famous character, Sherlock Holmes. The Collection is housed in a room evoking 221B Baker Street, where people can browse along open shelves in a manner unusual in a special collection.”

How Does MY Garden Grow : The Education of a Gardener
April 30th 2012 – September 14th 2012
@ the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 120 St. George Street

“The World Was All Before Them”
March 10, 2012 – June 09, 2012
@ The Osborne Collection, Lillian H. Smith Branch, 239 College St.

The GG Fiction Collection
September 1st 2012 – December 31st 2012
@ the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 120 St. George Street

Sales:

16th Annual Fantastic Pulp Show and Sale
Saturday, May 5th 2012
@ Lillian H. Smith Branch, 239 College St.

The Toronto Book Fair and Paper Show
Sunday May 13th, 2012
@ St. Lawrence Market, 92 Front St. East

Lectures:

9th Annual Albert Lahmer Memorial Lecture: “Sowing Seeds in Danny, Dorothy, Dennis, Dillon and Destiny: A Century of Library Service to Children.” (Sarah Ellis)
Thursday, April 26th 2012, 8pm
@ Lillian H. Smith Branch, 239 College St.

Canada Chaucer Seminar 2012: Truth and Tales Medieval Popular Culture and The Written Word
April 27th 2012 – April 28th 2012
@ The Centre for Medieval Studies, 3rd Floor of the Lillian Massey Building, 125 Queen’s Park

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