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World Book Cafe: Toronto
World Book Café, the programme where writers reveal the secrets of their home cities
Toronto is a bustling city on Lake Ontario which is growing at an astonishing rate. Almost a third of Torontonians have arrived in the last decade and more than half were born outside of Canada. The city’s Mohawk name is , which means “the place on the water where the trees are standing".
Noah Richler explores the fictional landscape of the city with four of its exciting writers from different generations and backgrounds; Catherine Hernandez, Adrianna Chartrand, Don Gillmor and Deepa Rajagopalan who all join him in front of a lively audience at The House of Anansi Bookshop.
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Sun 14 Jul 202411:06GMT
BBC World Service except East Asia & South Asia
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- Sat 13 Jul 202418:06GMTBBC World Service except West and Central Africa
- Sun 14 Jul 202408:06GMTBBC World Service South Asia & East Asia only
- Sun 14 Jul 202411:06GMTBBC World Service except East Asia & South Asia
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