Fall Course Dates—Plus Our Second Annual Summer Reading Guide!

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Will Di Novi
June 25, 2026


Lectures. Talks. Ideas.


Dear Friends,

Hope your summers are off to a great start! We couldn’t be more excited to reconnect with you in September for our first fall courses at the Al Green Theatre in the Miles Nadal JCC.

Knowing how busy your schedules are, I’m sharing the dates and times of these fall programs in case you’d like to mark them in your calendars:

  • Thursdays, 10:30 AM-Noon, September 10-October 15

  • Fridays, 10:30 AM-Noon, September 18-October 23

  • Wednesdays, 1-2:30 PM, November 4-December 9

  • Fridays, 10:30 AM-Noon, October 30-December 4

In the next edition of this newsletter, which will hit your inboxes in the second half of July, we’ll unveil the topics and speakers for these four courses and open registration. They will feature some of our most popular lecturers and you’ll be the very first to know as soon as sign-up is open!

In the meantime, I’m very excited to share our second annual “Speakers Annex Summer Reading Guide.” As in last year’s edition, I’ve asked a few of our favourite speakers to share some books that you might enjoy over the summer months and you can see the full list HERE. Scroll to the end for some great suggestions from Eleanor Wachtel, the longtime host of CBC’s Writers & Company.

Hope you all have a wonderful Canada Day next week. We’ll have more for you very soon!

Will Di Novi
Host and Organizer
The Speakers Annex

The Speakers Annex is proud to be presented in partnership with 

SOME COOL EVENTS FROM OUR PARTNERS

Heliconian Club Writing Workshop Series

Join our friends at historic Heliconian Hall for the 2026 Heliconian Club Writing Workshop Series. All sessions run from 1 to 4 PM.

Friday, July 10 - Humour Writing with Terry Fallis: author of ten best-selling novels and two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for
humour.

Thursday, August 11 - Kate Marshall Flaherty on Mining for Memoire is back by popular demand!

Space is limited to 25 participants. Learn more and register HERE.
A Special Invitation from The Arts and Letters Club

The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto is a social club for people interested in literature and the arts. Located in a historic downtown building at 14 Elm Street, the Club hosts wonderful literary talks, stage productions, musical performances, painting sessions and more.

It will be open to visitors from The Speakers Annex (almost) every Friday from 4 pm to 7 pm. Let them know you’re coming so that someone is there to greet you by emailing [email protected].

To learn more, email Daphne Maurer, [email protected] or visit www.artsandlettersclub.ca.

SPEAKERS ANNEX READING GUIDES

In tandem with the release of our 2026 Summer Reading Guide, you may wish to check out previous editions of this Speakers Annex staple.

You can see our first-ever Summer Reading Guide, from 2025, HERE.

And you can click HERE to see the Winter Reading Guide we presented earlier this year in partnership with Eleanor Wachtel.

If you’ve read any books that you especially loved and would like me to include them in future reading guides, please email me at [email protected]. We always love your terrific recommendations!


  • For registration assistance, please contact the MNjcc customer support team at 416-924-6211 x0 or email [email protected]. You can also refer to this detailed, step-by-step registration guide.

  • Email me about our upcoming programs, or anything else on your mind, at [email protected]. I always love to hear from you!

  • Consult this FAQ Help Sheet for answers to common questions about our events.

    Thank you so much again!