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Recurring event: Image featuring red text with light blue shadow and film stock photos with a red filter against a blue background. Romance Book Club. On the left: Film stock image of a man and a woman in a playful embrace on a beach. To the right: Two men kiss in front of a window.

Take Cover Books: Romance Book Club

The second Wednesday of every month: Take Cover Books hosts a Romance Book Club online. Enjoy books that make you feel all the feels as you join host Rebecca Reynolds to discuss the monthly title, its themes, cultural resonances – and, perhaps, its spice level! Sign up to stay up to date on upcoming events.

Recurring event: Image featuring text overlapping a photograph. Washi Drawing Club. ARTiculations Art Supply. Originally founded and facilitated by The Japanese Paper Place (logo). In the background, a close-up of several sheets of handmade paper of various colours, each folded over on itself and set one on top of the other.

Washi Drawing Club, hosted by ARTiculations Art Supply

Seasonal courses, with one session a month (fourth Monday) for three months: ARTiculations Art Supply invites you to explore drawing and wet media on washi papers from the comfort of your own studio or home in their online Washi Drawing Club.

Recurring event: Image featuring text & illustration against a pink background. Sketchbook Meetup in blue font at the top, with an illustration of a pair of hands resting on an open sketchbook below it. In the illustration, the right hand works on a line drawing portrait on the right-hand page, with a completed portrait on the left. Three pencils and two small blue bulldog clips surround the sketchbook, with a clip holding the page to the left.

ARTiculations Monthly Sketchbook Meetup

On the second Monday of every month: ARTiculations Art Supply owner Heather Phillips facilitates a monthly online sketchbook meetup. Open to all levels, this one-hour facilitated session offers a supportive space to draw, share and connect. No formal instruction, just inspiration and encouragement. For adults. Free. Registration required.

Past event: Greyed out image of blue ruled paper with the Poets House logo at the top. Text: 3-hour workshops, with red dashed lines across the words.

Julia Guez: Mapping Our Poems

PAST EVENT. One day only - Sat, Nov. 18, 2023: Join writer & translator Julia Guez for this 3-hour online poetry writing workshop hosted by Poets House. This workshop focuses on the process of building a poem, starting with a word or phrase + the ideas, feelings, rhythms & words it inspires. Space is limited. For adults 18+.

Past event: Greyed out image of a close-up photo of a hand touching a bowl full of words printed on slips of paper against a fabric background.

Firefly Creative Writing: Begin Here workshop

REGISTRATION CLOSED. Tuesday mornings from Nov. 7 – Dec. 5, 2023: Join writing coach Britt Smith for Begin Here, a virtual five-week long beginner writing workshop hosted by Firefly Creative Writing. Overcome barriers & explore your voice in a supportive, no-pressure space. For adults 18+. Maximum 8 participants.

Past event: Greyed out image of blue ruled paper with the Poets House logo at the top. Text: 3-hour workshops, with red dashed lines across the words.

Josephine Ishmon: A Celebration of Life

PAST EVENT. One day only - Sat, Oct. 28, 2023: Join educator Josephine Ishmon for this 3-hour online poetry reading workshop hosted by Poets House. Explore & examine the works of modern poets for a deeper appreciation of poetry, to build community & celebrate life. Space is limited. For adults 18+.

Past event: A close-up photograph of an eye that looks directly at us. Above the eye: All Indigenous Literary Mentorship. Across the image of the eye: Massy Art's Chasing The Poem Third Edition. Below the eye, to the left: Jónína Kirton + annie ross + Justene Dion-Glowa. Below the eye, to the right: April 11 + 18 + 25, Tuesdays, 6 - 8 PM PST.

Chasing The Poem: Online Poetry Workshop

PAST EVENT: Tuesdays April 11, 18 & 25, 2023: A three-part online workshop led by three Indigenous poets. For emerging writers and poets, unpublished authors, poetry enthusiasts or those searching for new ways of expressing their creativity.

Past event: A collage featuring two photos: an old black and white photo of an underground tunnel with light coming from the end of the tunnel. Construction material can be seen lying on the left side of the tunnel. A translucent image of a woman who has short blond hair and wears a red dress is is overlaid on top.

A Supernatural History of Toronto

PAST EVENT: Starting Thu, Oct. 13, 2022: Just in time for the spooky season of the year! Explore Toronto's past through tales of phantoms, monsters and mythical beasts in this 4 week course from storyteller Adam Bunch.

Past event: A street scene from the 1910s: people are walking across a street with streetcar tracks. Multiple big billboards can be seen in the background. The text on the biggest one reads: 'Dewar's Scotch Whiskey'. Another one offers: 'White label ale'.

A Boozy History of Toronto

A new course starting July 14 by storyteller Adam Bunch! Toronto's history with booze from drunken rebels to notorious bootleggers - because to truly understand Toronto, it helps to know how this city has been shaped by centuries of people getting drunk.