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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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Eastside Branch

Phone: 519-886-1310

Hours
Mon, Oct 07 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Oct 08 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Oct 09 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Oct 10 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Oct 11 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Oct 12 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Oct 13 Closed

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

Cancelled
Sat, Oct 12, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch
For families with children of all ages.

Sat, Oct 12, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For anyone ages 10 and up.

Sat, Oct 12, 10:30am - 11:30am
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Adults
This event is full

Mon, Oct 14, All day
All library locations
All locations CLOSED for Thanksgiving

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

Rescheduled
Tue, Oct 15, 6:30pm - 8:45pm
New date Tuesday, October 15, 7:00pm - 8:45pm
Main Library
Adults

Tue, Oct 15, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families.

Cancelled
Tue, Oct 15, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Oct 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
Ages 11 to 23 months with a caregiver.
This event is full

Cancelled
Wed, Oct 16, 3:15pm - 4:00pm
Main Library
Ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Oct 16, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Wed, Oct 16, 4:15pm - 5:15pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.

Wed, Oct 16, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Youth ages 14 to 21.Register

Wed, Oct 16, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
Adults
This event is full

Cancelled
Wed, Oct 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Oct 16, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
McCormick Branch
Adults

Wed, Oct 16, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch
Adults

Thu, Oct 17, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
Ages 0 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Oct 17, 11:00am - 11:45am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Oct 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Oct 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For kids ages 8 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Thu, Oct 17, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Adults

Sat, Oct 19, 10:00am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
Ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Cancelled
Sat, Oct 19, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch
For families with children of all ages.

Sat, Oct 19, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids of all ages

Sat, Oct 19, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For ages 12 and up.
This event is full

Cancelled
Sat, Oct 19, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Offsite
Adults

Sat, Oct 19, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Main Library - Board Room
Adults
This event is full

Cancelled
Mon, Oct 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
Babies 0-12 months old with a caregiver.

Mon, Oct 21, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Cancelled
Mon, Oct 21, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
Adult

Mon, Oct 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 9 to 12 years old.

Mon, Oct 21, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For kids ages 6 to 8 years old.
This event is full

Mon, Oct 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Adults

Mon, Oct 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
Ages 6 to 8 years old.
This event is full

Tue, Oct 22, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Royal Canadian Legion Waterloo Branch 530, 316 Marsland Drive, Waterloo, ON
Adults

Tue, Oct 22, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Oct 22, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Tue, Oct 22, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families.

Tue, Oct 22, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Adults

Tue, Oct 22, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Adults

Wed, Oct 23, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids 2 to 5 years old

Wed, Oct 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
Ages 11 to 23 months with a caregiver.
This event is full

Cancelled
Wed, Oct 23, 3:15pm - 4:00pm
Main Library
Ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Oct 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Wed, Oct 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.

Wed, Oct 23, 4:15pm - 5:15pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.

Wed, Oct 23, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Youth ages 14 to 21.Register

Wed, Oct 23, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
McCormick Branch
Adults

Wed, Oct 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For teens 13 to 18 years old.

Wed, Oct 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Adults

Thu, Oct 24, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
Ages 0 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Oct 24, 11:00am - 11:45am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Oct 24, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Oct 24, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For kids ages 8 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Thu, Oct 24, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For ages 13 and up.

Thu, Oct 24, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Adult

Thu, Oct 24, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Adult
This event is full

Sat, Oct 26, 10:00am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
Ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Cancelled
Sat, Oct 26, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch
For families with children of all ages.

Sat, Oct 26, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids of all ages

Sat, Oct 26, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For Families.

Sat, Oct 26, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Everyone welcome

Sat, Oct 26, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For individuals age 13 and up.

Rescheduled
Sat, Oct 26, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
New date Saturday, October 26, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
John M. Harper Branch
Everyone welcome

Mon, Oct 28, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Cancelled
Mon, Oct 28, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
Babies 0-12 months old with a caregiver.

Mon, Oct 28, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Cancelled
Mon, Oct 28, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
Adult

Mon, Oct 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 9 to 12 years old.

Mon, Oct 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Mon, Oct 28, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For kids ages 6 to 8 years old.
This event is full

Mon, Oct 28, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
Ages 6 to 8 years old.
This event is full

Tue, Oct 29, 10:30am - 11:30am
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For older adults

Tue, Oct 29, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Tue, Oct 29, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For older Adults.

Cancelled
Tue, Oct 29, 6:30pm - 7:15pm
John M. Harper Branch
Adult

Tue, Oct 29, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
Adults

Wed, Oct 30, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids 2 to 5 years old

Wed, Oct 30, 10:30am - 11:15am
McCormick Branch
Ages 5 and under with a caregiver.

Cancelled
Wed, Oct 30, 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Main Library
For kids ages 9 to 12 years old.

Wed, Oct 30, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Wed, Oct 30, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Wed, Oct 30, 4:15pm - 5:15pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.

Wed, Oct 30, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Youth ages 14 to 21.Register

Wed, Oct 30, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
McCormick Branch
Adults

Wed, Oct 30, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For Families.

Thu, Oct 31, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
Ages 0 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Oct 31, 10:45am - 12:15pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Oct 31, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
McCormick Branch
Adult

Thu, Oct 31, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For kids ages 8 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Thu, Oct 31, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Adult
This event is full

Fri, Nov 01, All day
All library locations
Families

Sat, Nov 02, 10:00am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
Ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Cancelled
Sat, Nov 02, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch
For families with children of all ages.

Sat, Nov 02, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids of all ages

Cancelled
Sat, Nov 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch
For kids ages 5 and up with a caregiver.

Sat, Nov 02, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Main Library - Board Room
Adults
This event is full

Sat, Nov 02, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For teens 13 to 18 years old.

Mon, Nov 04, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Community Pavilion - Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, 101 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo, ON
Adults

Mon, Nov 04, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Cancelled
Mon, Nov 04, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
Babies 0-12 months old with a caregiver.

Mon, Nov 04, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Cancelled
Mon, Nov 04, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
Adult

Mon, Nov 04, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 10 to 13 years old.
Registration opens Tuesday, October 15 2024 at 7:00pm

Mon, Nov 04, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Mon, Nov 04, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For kids ages 6 to 8 years old.
This event is full

Mon, Nov 04, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McCormick Branch
Adults
Registration opens Tuesday, October 15 2024 at 7:00pm

Mon, Nov 04, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Adults

Mon, Nov 04, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
Ages 6 to 8 years old.
This event is full

Tue, Nov 05, 10:30am - 11:30am
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For older adults

Tue, Nov 05, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages birth to 5 years with a caregiver.

Cancelled
Tue, Nov 05, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
John M. Harper Branch
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.

Tue, Nov 05, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Adults
Registration opens Tuesday, October 15 2024 at 7:00pm

Tue, Nov 05, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Adults
Registration opens Tuesday, October 15 2024 at 7:00pm

Wed, Nov 06, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids 2 to 5 years old

Wed, Nov 06, 10:30am - 11:15am
McCormick Branch
Ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.
Registration opens Wednesday, October 16 2024 at 7:00pm

Wed, Nov 06, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For older adults
Registration opens Wednesday, October 16 2024 at 7:00pm

Cancelled
Wed, Nov 06, 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Main Library
For kids ages 9 to 12 years old.

Wed, Nov 06, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Wed, Nov 06, 4:15pm - 5:15pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.

Wed, Nov 06, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Youth ages 14 to 21.Register

Cancelled
Wed, Nov 06, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Nov 06, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
McCormick Branch
Adults

Wed, Nov 06, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For adults
Registration opens Wednesday, October 16 2024 at 7:00pm

Wed, Nov 06, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old with a caregiver.
Registration opens Wednesday, October 16 2024 at 7:00pm

Thu, Nov 07, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
Ages 0 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Nov 07, 11:00am - 11:45am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.
Registration opens Thursday, October 17 2024 at 7:00pm

Thu, Nov 07, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
McCormick Branch
Adult

Thu, Nov 07, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For kids ages 8 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Thu, Nov 07, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
Adults

Thu, Nov 07, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Adult
This event is full

Sat, Nov 09, 10:00am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
Ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Cancelled
Sat, Nov 09, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch
For families with children of all ages.

Sat, Nov 09, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids of all ages

Sat, Nov 09, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For Families.

Sat, Nov 09, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
Ages 5 to 8 years old with a caregiver.
Registration opens Thursday, October 17 2024 at 7:00pm

Mon, Nov 11, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Cancelled
Mon, Nov 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
Babies 0-12 months old with a caregiver.

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

Mon, Nov 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 8 to 12 years old.
Registration opens Monday, October 21 2024 at 7:00pm

Mon, Nov 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 8 to 12 years old.

Mon, Nov 11, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
For kids ages 6 to 8 years old.
This event is full

Mon, Nov 11, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For teens age 13 to 18 years old
Registration opens Monday, October 21 2024 at 7:00pm

Mon, Nov 11, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
Ages 9 to 11 years old.
Registration opens Monday, October 21 2024 at 7:00pm