Toronto Lit Up: This is Us

Mary Fairhurst Breen

Toronto Lit Up: This is Us

Mary Fairhurst Breen

5:30pm

Friday, September 29, 2023

West Bays

15 mins

Meet the Toronto authors defining and redefining who we are as citizens of this exciting city. The authors will present a short excerpt from their books and share the role Toronto has played in their writing journey.

This reading will feature Mary Fairhurst Breen.

 

Toronto International Festival of Authors logo - Festival Dates: September 21 to October 1, 2023       

Free
Reading

How to attend

This FREE event is open to the public.

Meet the Toronto authors defining and redefining who we are as citizens of this exciting city. The authors will present a short excerpt from their books and share the role Toronto has played in their writing journey.

This reading will feature Mary Fairhurst Breen.

 

Toronto International Festival of Authors logo - Festival Dates: September 21 to October 1, 2023       

Free
Reading

Featured Authors

Mary Fairhurst Breen
Mary Fairhurst Breen is the author of the memoir Any Kind of Luck at All and the children’s books Pride and Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism and Awesome Andie’s Best of the Block. As a queer feminist author, writing is Mary’s current form of activism after decades spent working for social change and protesting for equal rights. She lives in Toronto.

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5:30pm

Friday, September 29

West Bays

15 mins

How to attend

This FREE event is open to the public

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