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Join the WTJHS at the Annette Street Library at 6:30 pm on October 3, 2024, for a stimulating presentation by Chris Higgins based on his recent book, RIVERSTORYZ.
Most of what people know about the Humber is inscribed on heritage plaques, or published on popular websites. But there are other stories about this river in Toronto’s west end. If you care to search archival newspapers, they turn up in bunches. There were criminals who rampaged along the Humber, and cops that tried to stop them; schools of fish that were driven away; swimmers who drowned, and those that left for cleaner waters; artists and musicians who drew inspiration there; a silent film studio that made it their backdrop; a swinging dancehall that burned to the ground; brawls, liquor, accidents, killings, and drownings.
To learn about the Humber, by all means, read the plaques and surf the web. But for the rare stuff, read RIVERSTORYZ.
Date & Time: October 3, 2024. Doors open at 6:30 pm, event starts promptly at 6:45 pm and will end by 8:00 pm.
Location: Auditorium, lower level of Annette Street Library, 145 Annette Street (two blocks west of Keele Street)
This will be an in-person event and NOT hybrid. Stay tuned for information on whether access to watch on Zoom will be available.
Meet our Presenter, Chris Higgins
Chris was born in Montreal but has been living happily in Toronto since the 1980s. After a 29-year teaching career with the Toronto District School Board, he retired in 2020 and took up writing. Chris’s first book – “BRICK by BRICK: Swansea Public School, 1890-2020” – was a love letter to a school where he’d taught for 17 years. Next came “RIVERSTORYZ: Conversations on the Humber.” Chris is currently working on “The Gaol Carpenter’s Diary,” a work of historical fiction about a jail employee who witnesses eleven high profile murder cases in nineteenth century Toronto.