Join resident author, Gord Pitts and learn from his book showing how the past can inform our current reality Scary Harry, the Cheesemaker Assassin It was a fractious time of vast inequity and sharply polarized views, sparking an explosion of political violence in the U.S. But It was 1906, not 2026. Into this cauldron of class warfare stepped Harry Orchard — paid assassin and a former cheesemaker from the Ontario countryside east of Toronto. What are the lessons from his murderous rampage in an...
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Join former Moderator Carmen Lansdowne for a virtual 3 month study of The Leader's Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation, by Herrington, Taylor and Creech. The book is of interest to anyone in ministry leadership - whether paid or volunteer, ordered or lay. Sessions run weekly, from early February to early May with 3 weeks off for holidays. We will read one chapter per week and spend time in small groups and larger group discussion. Recordings will be...
We're excited to announce the upcoming 4th Annual Book Sale at Richmond Hill United Church. "In the Community, By the Community, For the Community" With a large selection of books in many genres, there's sure to be some of interest. From 'cozy' to 'thriller' fiction! Humour to biography...sometimes both in one! Indigenous voices to World Views. We don't forget our Early Readers thru Young Adult...SO many great books to choose from. Soft cover $2 ea Hard cover $4 ea
Join us on Monday, February 24th at 7:30pm where author Kim Echlin will be introducing Roxana Spicer. She will be reading from her latest book, The Traitor’s Daughter, with a Q&A to follow. We will also be giving away one copy of her book at the reading! The Traitor’s Daughter is a daughter’s decades-long quest to understand her extraordinary mother, who was born in Lenin’s Soviet Union, served as a combat soldier in the Red Army, and endured three years of Nazi captivity—but never...
Islington Reads is launching Family Book Club! We are encouraging families of all ages to spend some time reading together this month and join us for our first Family Book Club event on October 27 at 12pm for lunch, activities themed around the book, and to meet the author! Our fall read is "We the Sea Turtles" by Michelle Kadarusman. It follows many stories turtles entering people's lives and what they mean to them. This quick read is perfect for families with children 5-12. Sign up for...