# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Next WTJHS Meeting - Chris Higgins on His new novel: "The Gaol Carpenter's Diary"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: For our next WTJHS meeting we welcome back Chris Higgins for a talk based on his new novel, "The Gaol Carpenter's Diary."

Author and historian Chris Higgins brings 19th-century Toronto vividly to life in his new novel, "The Gaol Carpenter’s Diary"—a story grounded in true events, real locations, and the city’s uneasy relationship with justice, faith, and redemption. Told through the eyes of an Irish immigrant carpenter who builds gallows for a living, the book blends meticulous research with storytelling that reveals the humanity behind Toronto’s early crimes.

In this presentation, Chris will share images, maps, and archival discoveries featured in his book launch, offering a fresh look at familiar neighbourhoods—from the Don Jail and St. Lawrence Market to Weston, High Park, and The Ward. 

Audiences will come away with a deeper sense of how our city’s past still echoes through its streets today.

This will be an in-person meeting, with a video recording available afterwards.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/next-wtjhs-meeting-chris-higgins-on-his-new-novel-the-gaol-carpenters-diary/200029262525607
- **Event Categories**: meetups, art, literary-art, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029262525607?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=toronto-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Toronto
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 145 Annette Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M6P 1P3
- **lat**: 43.6633
- **long**: -79.4664
- **full address**: 145 Annette Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M6P 1P3

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: West Toronto Junction Historical Society (https://allevents.in/org/west-toronto-junction-historical-society/27151503)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 145 Annette Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M6P 1P3
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** West Toronto Junction Historical Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meetups, art, literary-art, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Next WTJHS Meeting - Chris Higgins on His new novel: "The Gaol Carpenter's Diary" ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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