Book Drives Toronto

Literary Dinner with Harriet Alida Lye

**What if your next great book conversation happened over dinner?** Join Fifth Edit for an intimate evening with author **Harriet Alida Lye**, celebrating her new novel *Motherclown*. This is more than a traditional author event. Come for dinner, wine and an engaging conversation with Harriet about motherhood, identity, family, creativity and the strange, funny and unsettling territory explored in *Motherclown*. **Your ticket includes:** 🍷 Wine 🍽️ Dinner 📖 A conversation with Harriet Alida Lye 💬 Plenty of time to connect with other readers Whether you've already read *Motherclown* or are simply curious about the book, you're invited to pull up a chair. **Wednesday, October 1 · 7:30 PM** Downtown Winery · Toronto **Limited seats available. Tickets here:** https://luma.com/yrh8pz4h

Silent Bookclub Meeting #95

The next event is happening on Tuesday October 6 at 6:00 PM at the Deck located in Clarence Square! Please RSVP if you're planning on coming so we can plan appropriately! To help cover the costs of meetup fees, we will be taking optional donations for this event. If you're inclined to, feel free to send any amount you're comfortable with to harresh.s@hotmail.com, or bring cash to the event. Please note that this is entirely optional and not required to join the event! All proceeds will go towards fees for this event and future events, as well as meetup fees

Tough Guy Book Club - Toronto ON

Join us for the Toronto Chapter of Tough Guy Book Club. You can find out this month's book here [https://toughguybookclub.com/books](https://toughguybookclub.com/books?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcTVleWRsd0ZYSWdqZXV4QXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5aL8E3xpn05czDIaY5kEiHH3oABs4hICFLOrNXUsW-0gY5HePBTW1ni0SYzw_aem_qNxAzG9ij-sVr5-Rf8Uw3Q) If you have the chance, try to pick up the book and read a couple of pages before the night. If you haven’t, come anyway, no one gives a damn. We are not your boss. If you got one, make sure to bring your copy of the books down, it’ll help you talk about bits of it, we suggest underlining stuff that sticks out to you as important. Also like all months, we will be announcing next month’s book at the meeting and handing them out to those of you who were wise enough to pre-order last month. See you there. Want to know more about Tough Guy Book Club? Read this - [http://toughguybookclub.com/about-us](http://toughguybookclub.com/about-us?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcTVleWRsd0ZYSWdqZXV4QXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5QrDxxQmsaiuIfgbomTP4b6948UogKCm9U4Dudq5-VU_8aUx5RnTiUjO_R1Q_aem_n5AIic3b6NMTZ5TUJGTLkw)

Book Bar Girl’s night 🍸📚💕

Join us for a cozy girls’ night at Book Bar Toronto! 📚🥂 Come meet fellow book lovers, make new friends, sip on drinks, and chat in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. Whether you’re an avid reader, serial hobbyist or just looking for a fun night out with a great group of women, we’d love to have you! 💕 This venue does not take reservations, as such this event will be for a small group of people, please update your RSVP no later than 72 two hours in advance to ensure that those who would like to attend, have a spot to attend. Late cancellations and no-shows will be removed from the group out of courtesy towards others. Please note this venue, serves snacks and drinks, books are available to read and purchase, however, the venue does not serve full meals.

Silent Bookclub Meeting #96

The next event is happening on Tuesday October 13, starting at 6PM in the Wellington Market Food Hall at The Well! We'll be meeting in front of the Nord Lyon in The Wellington Market (food court!) Please RSVP if you're planning on coming so we can plan appropriately!

OSC #6 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January

October's book has been selected and it is The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow! The first thirty minutes of the event is open social time while we allow attendees to arrive. The book discussion will begin at 8:00 PM. At the end of the meetup, we will accept nominations for the next book. We encourage attendees to stay afterwards and chat if they would like to as well. To ensure spots go to engaged members, RSVPs for this event will open two weeks before the date. "The Ten Thousand Doors of January" by Alix E. Harrow In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own. Lush and richly imagined, a tale of impossible journeys, unforgettable love, and the enduring power of stories awaits in Alix E. Harrow's spellbinding debut--step inside and discover its magic.

The Corpse with the Ruby Lips by Cathy Ace (Kris)

7 books, 8 ebooks

Bookish Bi Reading Club

Silent Writing/Reading #4

We will be meeting at the MaRS Discovery District (near Queen's Park Station), in the mezzanine area.

Let's talk about "Crying in H Mart"

In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band--and meeting the man who would become her husband--her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother's diagnosis of terminal cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her. Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, *Crying in H Mart* is a book to cherish, share, and reread.

Life of Fife (6.4 km)

The Bridle Path is famous for being the richest address in Toronto. Most people don't realize that the neighbourhood just to the north is equally affluent. Fife Road and Fifeshire Road are lined with swanky mansions, one of which was featured in a highly successful Canadian comedy. This hike is an opportunity to gawk at luxury homes before we exit into the lush foliage of Windfields Park. The park is also home to the bucolic Canadian Film Centre. Unfortunately, rich neighbourhoods don't have good restaurants. There's only one decent one, a Cantonese restaurant, where we can have dinner. **Highlights** 1. York Mills Arena (depart 6:15 pm) 2. Mansions of Fifeshire Rd 3. St. Andrews Park 4. York Mills and Bayview Ave (depart 6:55 pm) 5. Canadian Film Centre 6. Windfields Park 7. Banbury Community Centre (depart 7:30 pm) 8. Pearl Chinese Cuisine (arrive 7:55 pm) **Neighbourhoods** St Andrews > Windfields **Map** [https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1LX-fTnFET4MwGjl5zzE6CG1epvLdcTM&usp=sharing](https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1LX-fTnFET4MwGjl5zzE6CG1epvLdcTM&usp=sharing) **How it works** Hike starts punctually. Late or can't do the whole route? Meet us at scheduled checkpoints. See our [home page](https://www.meetup.com/hike-to-eat/) for more info.

Book Launch: A Corruption of Memory by J.L. Thorpe (Jacqueline)

Book Launch! Come celebrate the launch of J.L. Thorpe's science fiction debut, *A Corruption of Memory*. Itinerary will include an author interview, Q&A session, games, prizes, a book signing, and more! **Book description:** **Their memories were real. They just weren’t their own.** A father races to save his son from a genetic edit that’s rewriting children’s memories, only to discover the fault lies devastatingly close to home. The first in Jacqueline's *Syndicate of Stars* series, *A Corruption of Memory* is a wisty sci-fi suspense full of dark family secrets, corporate intrigue and mind-bending tech set in a future hauntingly familiar to our own. **About the author:** J.L. (Jacqueline) Thorpe is an Aurora-nominated science fiction writer based in Toronto. She spent years working in financial journalism, including as Toronto bureau chief for Bloomberg News and economics columnist for the National Post. She much prefers writing about beleaguered heroes, odious villains, and eccentric sidekicks—not so different really. Check out her [website!](https://links.jlthorpewrites.com/website)