Lillian H. Smith Branch

Chop Suey Nation! 🥢✨

A heartfelt thank you to Ann Hui, Jeanette Liu, and Joanna Liu for speaking at our TPL Asian Heritage Month event. We greatly appreciated the opportunity to learn more about Hakka culture and hear your meaningful stories.

Listening to your experiences as second-generation immigrants growing up in Toronto was incredibly comforting and deeply touching. 💛

At TPL, we are committed to creating welcoming and safe spaces for everyone, especially newcomers, and conversations like these remind us of the importance of community, identity, and storytelling.

We were also honoured to hear from Ann Hui, writer, journalist, and author of Chop Suey Nation. The book was named one of the best books of 2019 by The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, and CBC, and won the 2020 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction from Wilfrid Laurier University. 📚🏆🥇

Must Read - Chop Suey Nation Ann Hui. The book dives into Ann’s journey going across Canada, from Victoria to Fogo Island, to write about small-town Chinese restaurants and the families who run them. 📚✏️

You can find this at your local library, book store or read online on Libby (sign up with your Toronto Public Library Card)

A special thank you as well to sisters Jeanette and Joanna Liu, second-generation co-owners of Yueh Tung Restaurant, Canada’s oldest Hakka Chinese restaurant in Toronto’s original Chinatown.  Thank you for letting us try your tasty Chili Chicken and Manchurian Tofu dishes. 🍜🍚

Joanna Liu, head chef at Yueh Tung, has also received the most recent recipient of the Golden delicacy award🏆🥇

Thank you to everyone who came❤️

Toronto Must Try | Support Small Toronto Business’ 
Yueh Tung Restaurant 
Hakka Chinese and Comfort Food
126 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON M5G 1P5
Over 40+ years old 
Over 100+ menu items 

A big thank you for Chef Sang Kim for showing us the process of making Kimchi! This was a wonderful program and we hope to see you more!

Learn upcycling techniques to sew a garment that is expressive of your gender with artist Camila Salcedo ! All materials will be provided, but you may choose to bring your own fabric or garment to alter. Past participants have made ties, skirts, dresses, and more.
This program is for teens only. Registration is required at tpl.ca/ls. Spaces are limited!

Lillian H Smith Library
239 college street
415-393-7746 for any questions!

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Free coffee, free snacks, good vibes and conversations

Hope to see you May 29th‼️

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Come join us! Every Saturday in May and June 1-2pm

We welcome beginners, intermediate, experts. All skill levels to join!

This program is also for All ages!

Lillian H Smith Library
239 college street
Call us at 416-393-7746 for any questions!

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Let’s learn together! Join a supportive, staff-led study group to complete the Google AI Essentials course. No AI background is needed- just a desire to complete the course and attend all sessions. Each session includes guided discussions, learning activities, and helpful library resources.

‼️Program is completely Free‼️

Register now, before all spaces fill

For any questions call us 416-393-7746

Magazine Sale.
Crafters, collage makers, light readers....
On now - until the magazines are gone.

‼️Asian Heritage Month Program‼️

Join us for an inspiring evening at TPL 📚✨

Award-winning journalist Ann Hui (author of Chop Suey Nation) sits down with Yueh Tung restaurant co-owner Jeanette Liu to share stories of Chinese Canadian entrepreneurship, culture, and the history behind “chop suey” cuisine 🍜

📅 Wednesday, May 27, 2026
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM
📍 Lillian H. Smith Branch
🎟️ Free program (registration required) on our TPL website

Part of Asian Heritage Month + TPL’s Small Business Networking series.

Find Chop Suey Nation Book at Toronto Public Library or Libby📚

Yueh Tung Restaurant
126 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON M5G 1P5

Movie: In The Room

Friday May 8, 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Drop in

In the face of exile and erasure, this artistically crafted documentary features testimonies from five Afghan women whose courage and conviction transcend borders. Through a series of deeply personal conversations filmed in intimate spaces, director Brishkay Ahmed weaves together stories of resistance, exile, and self-discovery. From celebrated singer Mozhdah Jamalzadah to director and activist Nelofer Pazira-Fisk, each woman reflects on what it means to speak—and survive—as an Afghan woman in a world that continuously attempts to silence them.

English, Dari, Farsi with English subtitles, 75 mins.

‼️Asian Heritage Month Program‼️

‼️Join us ! Register now before all spots fill up‼️

Award winning Journalist and author Ann hui (Chop Suey Natuon) and Jeannette Liu (co-owner Yueh Tung restaurant) will be joining us to share personal stories, explore values in entrepreneurship and dive into the history behind chop suey cuisine 🥢🍜🥟🥠🥮






Yueh Tung Restaurant location is 126 Elizabeth Street Toronto, ON.

Program Location
Lillian H Smith Library
239 College Street
416-393-7746