As part of its weekly lunchtime series, the Atwater Library in downtown Montreal offers a terrific line-up of talks in September that are bound to attract those interested in history.
Atwater Library, Montreal
Thursday, September 7, 2017 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Cartoonist Terry Mosher discusses his book, From Trudeau to Trudeau: 50 Years of Aislin Cartoons, and reminisces about his amazing career.
Thursday, September 14, 2017 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
For over a century telegrams were the dominant means of sending time-sensitive news. Mark Gallop examines the social and cultural history of the telegram, filled with stories of wars and shipwrecks, weddings and funerals.
Thursday, September 21, 2017 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Jonathan Birks shares stories about his family in Montreal from the arrival of Henry Birks in the 1830s.
Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Author Kathleen Winter discusses her new novel, Lost in September, inspired by letters General James Wolfe wrote to his mother from the time he became a child soldier at 13 until his death at 32 on Quebec’s Plains of Abraham.
Admission is free for each of these talks, although the library appreciates donations.
