Throughout the year the Literary Committee hosts events for members & guests.

Literary lunches are scheduled most Tuesdays of the month. A Literary Club Night presentation is generally held once a month on a Monday evening.

Literary Schedule for 2025

September

9 - Literary lunch – Margaret Cannon, The Mystery Novel

15 - Public Event – 2025 Toronto Book Awards (Click here for Tickets)

22 - Club Night – Gregory Machildon, Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada

30 - Cinq à Sept – Brian Popplewell, Outsider

October

7 - Literary lunch – Elizabeth Vlossak, European history: non-Germans in the Wehrmacht

14 - Literary lunch – Carol Off, At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage

21 - Literary lunch – Martin Jones, Why would anyone read Ulysses six times?

28 - Literary lunch – Karin Wells, Women Who Woke up the Law

November

4 - Literary lunch – Nahlah Ayed, The War We Won Apart

11 - Remembrance Day event – Music and Literary committees

18 - Literary lunch – Katherine Ashenburg, Margaret’s New Look

25 - Literary lunch – Steven High, The Left in Power: Bob Rae’s NDP and the Working Class

December

2 - Literary lunch – Gerald Friesen, The Honourable John Norquay

8 - Club Night – Jason Stanley, Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

16 - Literary lunch – Thomas King