With Remembrance Day just three days away, tonight’s lecture by well-known Canadian actor and author R. H. Thomson, By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory and Families, based on his book of the same title, examines how we speak about war and its aftermath.  Using the letters from his great uncles who served in World War One as a starting point, “Thomson roams through a century of folly to fathom the human cost concealed by the order and calm of ceremonial parades, memorials and monuments.  Profoundly impacted by his family’s history, Thomson has advocated for other ways to acknowledge the dead, and created The World Remembers, an ambitious international project to individually name each of the millions killed in the First World War.” (from the dust jacket). Copies of By the Ghost Light will be available at a reduced price for sale and signing by the author.

In person or by live streamed webcast

In person: Cameron Hall, 1585 Yonge Street Toronto (near Yonge & St. Clair)

Live Stream : CLICK HERE AT 7:00 PM TONIGHT

The Yorkminster Park Speakers Series is a program of Yorkminster Park Church in Midtown Toronto and offers continuing education lectures by outstanding speakers on topics of general interest.  Everyone is welcome to attend these events either in person or online.  Those attending in person are asked for a small donation (suggested amount $15 or pay what you can) to help offset the cost of the program.  Those watching online are free to do so at no charge but donations are of course welcome.

Book Launch Event with Political Historian Patrice Dutil;

joined by authors Gordon Henderson, Roy MacSkimming and Lynne Golding

Copies of Professor Dutil’s new book, Sir John A. Macdonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885, as well as books by the other authors present, will be available at reduced prices for sale and signing.

With author Marsha Faubert in conversation with Christopher Moore