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11:30 - 1:00 :: The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks

The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks is a long-awaited and wonderfully eclectic essay collection from Stuart McLean that gives a glimpse into the thoughtful mind at work behind The Vinyl Cafe. From meditations on peacekeeping to praise for the toothpick, The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks runs the gamut from considered argument to light-hearted opinion.

1:00 - 2:00 :: History of Canada Series

Join Margaret MacMillan as she discusses The History of Canada Series. The History of Canada Series looks at the making of Canada as an independent, self-governing nation, bringing history alive like never before. The series will focus on crucial turning points as well key stages, those defining moments when the course of Canadian history and the nature of Canada itself were oscillating. It is about the human beings – heroic, flawed, wise, foolish, complex – who had to make decisions without knowing what the consequences might be.

2:00 - 3:00 :: Great Food at Home

Celebrity Chef Mark McEwan’s Great Food at Home contains 100 fabulous recipes that are easy to make and enjoy with family and friends in the comfort of home. Cook delicious comfort food like the famous Bymark burger or a mouth-watering lobster grilled cheese sandwich. Good Food at Home is comfort food simply at its best.

4:00 - 5:00 :: Watch

Blind from birth, Caitlin Decter received the gift of sight with the aid of a signal-processing retinal implant. The technology also gave her an unexpected side effect—the ability to “see” the digital data streams of the World Wide Web. And within the Web she perceived an extraordinary presence, and woke it up. It calls itself Webmind… Learn more about Robert J. Sawyer.

5:00 - 6:00 :: The Book of Awesome

The Book of Awesome presents simple pleasures for a younger, hipper generation. From the smell of gasoline to fixing electronics by smacking them to the extra time you get when the clocks roll back, author Neil Pasricha reminds readers of little things that make us smile everyday.