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Hamilton Reads Finale

Anuja Varghese

2024-11-14 18:30:00 2024-11-14 19:30:00 America/New_York Hamilton Reads Finale Valley Park Branch - Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Thursday, November 14
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-11-14 18:30:00 2024-11-14 19:30:00 America/New_York Hamilton Reads Finale A celebration of 2024 Hamilton Reads author Anuja Varghese's award-winning book, Chrysalis. Valley Park Branch - Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Valley Park Branch

Valley Park - Program Room A/B

A celebration of 2024 Hamilton Reads author Anuja Varghese's award-winning book, Chrysalis.

Attend a live reading and conversation with Hamilton Reads author Anuja Varghese about their Governor-General award-winning book Chrysalis. Hamilton artist and writer Sanaa Humayun interviews Anuja. The evening includes a traditional Bharatanatyam dance performance by students from the Abhinaya Performing Arts Centre. 

Anuja Varghese is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in Hobart, the Malahat Review, the Fiddlehead, Plenitude Magazine and others. She lives in Hamilton. Chrysalis is her first book and won the 2023 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT literature and the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2023 Governor General's Awards.

Check out the HPL catalogue to borrow the book before the event.

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AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Literary |

TAGS: | Literature | Hamilton Reads | Books | Author Visit | Author Events |

Valley Park Branch

Phone: 289-779-7588
Branch manager
Ania Van Minnen

Hours
Mon, Nov 11 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Nov 12 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Nov 13 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Nov 14 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Nov 15 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Nov 16 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Nov 17 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the library

A newly built, 12,000-square-foot Valley Park Branch opened May 5, 2022. Now four-times the size of its 30-year-old predecessor, it features a Makerspace, an interior courtyard, three quiet study rooms and two 1,500 square-foot rooms for library programming.

Upcoming events

Tue, Nov 12, 9:30am - 10:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Nov 12, 10:30am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Nov 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Wed, Nov 13, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Wed, Nov 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Valley Park - Children's Department

Thu, Nov 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Thu, Nov 14, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Fri, Nov 15, 10:00am - 10:30am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Sat, Nov 16, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Mon, Nov 18, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Tue, Nov 19, 9:30am - 10:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Nov 19, 10:30am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Nov 19, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Wed, Nov 20, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Wed, Nov 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Valley Park - Children's Department

Wed, Nov 20, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Thu, Nov 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Thu, Nov 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Thu, Nov 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Fri, Nov 22, 10:00am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A

Sat, Nov 23, 10:30am - 11:30am
Valley Park - Program Room A

Sat, Nov 23, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Mon, Nov 25, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Mon, Nov 25, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Nov 26, 9:30am - 10:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Nov 26, 10:30am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Nov 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Tue, Nov 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Testing Use Only: VP Program Room A/B

Wed, Nov 27, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Wed, Nov 27, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Valley Park - Children's Department

Wed, Nov 27, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Thu, Nov 28, 10:30am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Thu, Nov 28, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Thu, Nov 28, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Fri, Nov 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Sat, Nov 30, 10:00am - 10:30am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Sat, Nov 30, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Mon, Dec 02, 10:00am - 11:30am
Valley Park - Program Room A

Mon, Dec 02, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Dec 03, 9:30am - 10:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Dec 03, 10:30am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Dec 03, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Valley Park - Maker Studio

Tue, Dec 03, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Wed, Dec 04, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Wed, Dec 04, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Valley Park - Children's Department

Wed, Dec 04, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Thu, Dec 05, 10:30am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Thu, Dec 05, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Thu, Dec 05, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Thu, Dec 05, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Sat, Dec 07, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Mon, Dec 09, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Dec 10, 9:30am - 10:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Dec 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Tue, Dec 10, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Wed, Dec 11, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Valley Park - Program Room A

Wed, Dec 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Valley Park - Children's Department

Thu, Dec 12, 10:30am - 11:00am
Valley Park - Program Room A/B

Thu, Dec 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm