TPL Presents: Making Love in Toronto
Event Details
A meet-cute at the market. A first kiss on the ferry. A happily-ever-after in High Park. Toronto is a sparkling setting for a love story.
Event Details
A meet-cute at the market. A first kiss on the ferry. A happily-ever-after in High Park. Toronto is a sparkling setting for a love story. Authors Rebecca Fisseha and Jackie Lau dish on all things writing romances set in The Six, from how the city influences plot and character to why these stories strike such a chord with readers around the world.
Presented by the Toronto Public Library.
Speakers for this event
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Jackie Lau
Jackie Lau
Jackie Lau studied engineering and worked as a geophysicist before turning to her first love of writing. She is now the author of over twenty romantic comedies including Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie; Donut Fall in Love; and The Stand-Up Groomsman. When she’s not writing, she enjoys gelato, gourmet donuts, cooking, and reading. She lives in Toronto with her husband. Find out more at JackieLauBooks.com.
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Rebecca Fisseha
Rebecca Fisseha
Rebecca Fisseha is an Ethiopian-Canadian writer based in Toronto. She is the author of the novel Daughters of Silence, as well as short stories, creative non-fiction, and personal essays that appear in various publications, including the anthology Addis Ababa Noir and Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language. Rebecca is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers, the Vancouver Film School, and an alumnus of the TIFF Writers’ Studio.
Books
Only Because It's You
AuthorRebecca Fisseha
PublisherPenguin Random House Canada
Time Loops & Meet Cutes
AuthorJackie Lau
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Partners
City of Toronto
Program Sponsor
Queen Books
Accessibility Sponsor