For one night only: on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 – Toronto’s First Post Office hosts Typed with Love: Mother’s Day Event, where participants create a special poem for Mother’s Day. Pre-registration required as spots are strictly limited!
Create a one-of-a-kind gift
Join Toronto-based poet, typist and writer Jessica Anne Robinson as she teaches you how to create a perfect customized poem just in time for Mother’s Day. Learn about Jessica’s process and, under her instruction, create a one-of-a-kind gift for the motherly figure in your life – with a final copy of your poem typed out on a vintage typewriter by Jessica herself.
About Toronto’s First Post Office
Built in 1833, Toronto’s First Post Office is a museum and full-service Canada Post outlet operated by The Town of York Historical Society. As a museum, Toronto’s First Post Office serves as a hub for sharing the history of the Town of York and the City of Toronto. The Post Office also hosts Letter Writing Socials organized by the Toronto Letter Writers Society.
About Jessica Anne Robinson
Jessica Anne Robinson is a Toronto writer and, more tellingly, a Libra. She writes poems on the spot using her grandfather’s typewriter in parks, farmer’s markets and post offices across Canada. Her poetry has been featured in anthologies and literary journals internationally, including SAND Journal, filling station, West Trade Review and Room magazine. Her first poetry chapbook, other mothers’ funerals, was published with Frog Hollow Press in 2021.
(Photo credits: Toronto’s First Post Office.)
Event details
Hosted by: Toronto’s First Post Office
Type of event: poetry writing workshop
Facilitated by: Jessica Anne Robinson
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Start time: 7:00 PM ET
Duration: 90 minutes
Cost: Registration prices include Eventbrite fees.
- Town of York Historical Society members: C$11.98
- Non-members: C$17.31
Location: Toronto’s First Post Office, 260 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 1N1
Booking link: Book your spot here.
Contact Details: Rebecca Rizzo, Museum Coordinator, Toronto’s First Post Office, 260 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 1N1, Canada; (416) 865-1833, info@tos1stpo.com, townofyork.com
Content warning: For participants 18+.
Accessibility: There is a stair-free entrance at the rear of the building. Enter the courtyard behind the Post Office building from the laneway just east of 262 Adelaide Street East, or just south of the Post House Condo on George Street. Look for the ramp and a sign that says “Toronto’s First Post Office”.
Refund policy: Full refund available, minus Eventbrite fees, up to 48 hours before event.