BookBridge

11/27/2025

Mark your calendar with our monthly cultural event: Tales & Poems, and this month we will feature: Sudan 🇸🇩!

There will be multilingual poetry reading of the prominent Sudanese poet, songwriter, and playwright known for his contributions to Arabic literature; Elhadi Adam.

For our bilingual (Arabic and English storytelling; 2 Sudanese women will be featured). The first woman from the past: Queen Amanirenas. The second woman from the present Dr Safaa Ali.

Also, you will experience the taste of Sudan through traditional sweets and music.

Date: Saturday, Dec 13,2025
Time: 5-7 pm
Venue: BookBridge Bookstore
135 Sixth St, Etobicoke,
M8V 3A6
Cost: $10 - you can pay on Eventbrite or at the door!

11/25/2025

11/19/2025

لقاء فكري في مكتبة يحل فيه الأستاذ ضيفاً

بالتعاون مع BookBridge

ندوة حول البيان الإنساني الأخير لمالكوم اكس

قراءة في الإنقلاب الثقافي الأمريكي

السبت 29 نوفمبر الساعة الخامسة مساءً

العنوان: مكتبة بوك بريدج

135 Sixth Street, Etobicoke, M8V 3A6

11/19/2025

11/17/2025

Imru Alqais poetry reading 📚 ✨️❤️

The carefree find it brief; the care-worn, strained
O longest night! I so await your morn
Though my thorny cares won’t by morn by shorn
What kind of night are you!
Your stars never fade!
As if rock-tied with the strongest rope never made.

11/17/2025

You are invited!

Memoirs of an Egyptian: Reading and Music

Tue. Nov. 18, 2025
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
60 mins

Location
City Hall
Nathan Phillips Square
100 Queen Street West,
Toronto, ON M5H 2N3

George Sawa presents Memoirs of an Egyptian (written by Zakarriyā al-Shirbīnī​; translated by George Sawa) about an immigrant who spent more than half of his life in Toronto. After a moderated discussion of the book, the author will perform some traditional Egyptian music and engage the audience through a Q&A.

Drop-in program. No registration required.

Toronto Public Library is committed to accessibility. Please call or email us if you are Deaf or have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to participate in this program. Please let us know as far in advance as possible, and we will do our best to meet your request. At least three weeks' notice is preferred. Phone 416-393-7099 or [email protected].

Series
Islamic History and Culture
Audiences
Adult • Teen
Categories
Author Talks & Lectures

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT578744&R=EVT578744

11/17/2025

أستضافت مكتبة أمس الناقد الأدبي و الروائي لمناقشة رواية . شملت الجلسة تقديم الكاتب لفكرة الرواية و دوافعها. تم طرح العديد من الأسئلة فيما يتعلق بشخصيات الرواية و توظيفها.. تعرف الجمهور على كيفية الدمج بين الإحترافية و الموهبة في العمل الروائي من خلال ما قدمه الكاتب خلال الجلسة.

الرواية صدرت عن دار الرواق المصرية في يناير 2025 و سوف تتوفر قريباً لدى المكتبة.

لمراجعة تقييم الرواية على Goodreads، يمكنكم الضغط هنا:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223758216

لطلب الرواية يمكنكم إرسال رسالة عبر الإيميل : [email protected]
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