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Lillian Necakov reads from The Bone Broker (Mansfield Press) at Srbica Books at 2465 Dundas West (just north of Keele subway), Toronto, on Friday, March 28 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The event is hosted by Mansfield poetry editor, Stuart Ross.

Jennifer McCartney (Afloat), Katerina Fretwell (Shaking Hands with the Night) and Mike Freeman (Bones) are reading at the IV Lounge Reading Series at 326 Dundas Street West (across from the AGO) on March 28 at 8:00 p.m.

Linda Granfield and Jennifer Herbert, author and illustrator of What Am I? (Tundra Books, 2007), will be reading at the Locke Branch of the Toronto Public Library at 10:30 a.m. on March 29.

Linda Granfield is the award-winning author of nearly twenty-five nonfiction titles for young readers. Granfield’s writing brings history to life with such works as In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae, High Flight: A Story of World War II, and the acclaimed Amazing Grace: The Story of the Hymn. Linda Granfield grew up in a big family north of Boston, Massachusetts, and now makes her home in Toronto.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

Book Launch for A Case of You (RendezVous Press) by Rick Blechta at The Black Swan Pub, 154 Danforth Avenue, 2nd floor.

Rick Blechta is a crime novelist and musician living in Toronto and has twin passions in life: crime writing and music. He's had five novels published and the sixth, A Case of You, has just been released. His 2005 novel, Cemetery of the Nameless was a finalist for an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel. He was also a recipient of the CWC's Derrick Murdoch Award in 2000. Rick's website is www.rickblechta.com.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

Book launch for Nila Gupta's The Sherpa & Other Fictions at the Victory Cafe, 581 Markham Street, Toronto, on Monday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. The launch will feature readings, dance performance by Sanskriti Arts (original dance piece based on "The Sherpa"), Indian snacks and specially priced books for sale.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

John Steffler, Poet Laureate for Canada as well as other poets will be presenting poetry readings at this event. The event will also feature a meet and mingle reception and a question and answer session for media moderated by Globe and Mail Book editor, Martin Levin. The awards shortlist for the Gerald Lampert Award and the Pat Lowther Award categories will also be announced.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.poets.ca or email Renu Mehta at renum [at] rogers [dot] com.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

A launch for Stan Dragland's novel, The Drowned Lands (Pedlar Press, 2008), is at Supermarket, 286 Agusta Avenue, Toronto on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m.

"The Drowned Lands moves like a river: muscular, graceful, full of force and depth. Here is a coming-of-age story of three young friends, set in a small Ontario town in the early 1900s. The characters are bristling with intelligence and charm; they are as real and true as can be. Dragland has Cormac McCarthy’s gentle humour and affinity for
magnificent landscapes, and, like Virginia Woolf, an ability to pierce the most intimate thoughts of his characters. Here is emotion as fast-flickering and dazzling as sunlight on water. The Drowned Lands is a deeply affecting story, beautifully told.
— Lisa Moore

Are you ready to kick off your penny loafers and rock out to a book? Celebrated author Ibi Kaslik will perform a musical piece based on The Angel Riots, her highly anticipated new novel about the fleeting nature of indie rock stardom in Canada. Also on tap is a performance by Apostle of Hustle. A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Penguin Group (Canada) and EYE WEEKLY. At the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto. On Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30pm (doors 7pm). Free.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Come to a tea and presentation by Kathy Knowles, founder of Osu Children's Library Fund (OCLF), a not-for-profit organization in Ghana that connects African children to the joy of reading. The OCLF creates libraries, stocks them with culturally appropriate books, and provides literacy classes for children and adults. Raffle tickets will be selling for $1. On April 1st, buttons will also go on sale for $1 in the Claude Bissell lobby from 11:00 to 1:00 p.m.. These events are hosted by YPFIS. All proceeds go to the OCLF. http://www.osuchildrenslibraryfund.ca/

The launch for Kickstart: How Successful Canadians Got Started (Dundurn Press) by Alex Herman, Paul Matthews and Andrew Feindel is at Casa Loma on Wednesday, April 2 at 7:00 p.m.

Alex, Paul and Andrew will be Open Book's May Writers in Residence! Check out the Kickstart website at http://www.kickstartcanada.com/.

Alex Herman got his BA from Trinity College Dublin. In Dublin, he was on the executive committee of Amnesty International and wrote for the Trinity News. He is from Toronto but currently attends McGill Law School.

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

The Rowers Pub Reading Series, which runs the first Wednesday of the month, has as its April features: Maureen Scott Harris (Drowning Lessons - Pedlar Press, 2004); Lawrence Hill (The Book of Negroes - HarperCollins, 2007); and Adam Sol (Crowd of Sounds - House of Anansi, 2003). We acknowledge financial assistance through The Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers' Union of Canada, and a donation from Alexander McCall Smith. For more information visit rowerspubreadingseries.com.

April 2 from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. at Harbord House (formerly Rowers Pub and Grill), 150 Harbord Street, 2nd floor. Free - a hat is passed.

Coach House Books invites you to NicholBack, an evening celebrating bpNichol’s work. Last fall, Coach House published The Alphabet Game: A bpNichol Reader, edited by Darren Wershler-Henry and Lori Emerson. The launch of the website bpnichol.ca is this spring, and Open Letter is devoting two issues to bpNichol’s work. The celebration is at Supermarket, 268 Agusta Avenue, Toronto on Wednesday, April 2 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free. The event will be introduced by Lori Emerson and will feature performances by sound poets Paul Dutton, Mark Suterland and Nobuo Kubota, and readings by Frank Davey, Lola Lemire Tostevin, damian lopes, Gary Barwin and a.rawlings.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

Hamilton's annual gritLIT festival runs from April 3 to 6 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Sky Dragon Centre. The festival's aim is "to make Hamilton, often thought of as a gritty city, a destination for book loving audiences as well as for authors from coast to coast." It's a short trip from Toronto, and it's worth the trip. Click here for the festival's schedule.

http://www.gritlit.ca/

The League of Canadian Poets invites you to be a part of this exciting event and experience the absence of borders at this reading featuring Penn Kemp and Bill Bissett. Penn Kemp, proclaimed a foremother of Canadian poetry by The League of Canadian Poets, will kick off the poetry series with a reading on April 3 at 12:00 p.m. at the Clarke Auditoriumon, 250 College Street of CAMH.

For more information, visit www.poets.ca or call Renu Mehta, publicist at 416-708-2537 or email renum [at] rogers [dot] com.

The League of Canadian Poets invites you to be a part of this exciting event and experience the absence of borders at this reading featuring Penn Kemp and Bill Bissett. Penn Kemp, proclaimed a foremother of Canadian poetry by The League of Canadian Poets, will kick off the poetry series with a reading on April 3 at 1:00 p.m. at the Malcolmson Lecture Theatre- CAMH, 1001 Queen Street West.

For more information, visit www.poets.ca or call Renu Mehta, publicist at 416-708-2537 or email renum [at] rogers [dot] com.

Join poets Gloria Alvernaz Mulcahy. Blaine Marchand, Katerina Fretwell, Daniel Kolos and Penn Kemp at A Feast of Authors at the St. Lawrence Market North, 92 Front Street East, Toronto, on April 3 at 6:00 p.m. Free admission.

The event is organized by Toronto Dollar, an organization dedicated to supporting local initiatives in the multi-cultural, multi-income level St. Lawrence Market neighborhood. The five seasoned poets will be reading throughout the evening, and in addition, there will be an open mic for readers in other genres, ensuring the event is as inclusive as possible... there will be no borders between prose and poetry.

Cormorant Books and Ben McNally Books are pleased to announce the launch of
Beverley Stone's debut novel No Beautiful Shore on Thursday, April 3 at 6:00 p.m. at Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street, Toronto. Refreshments and wine will be served.

Beverley Stone grew up in outport Newfoundland before moving to Toronto to attend Osgoode Hall Law School. She continues to live in Toronto, but Random Island, Newfoundland will always be home. She is a proud alumnus of the Wired Writing Studio at the Banff Centre, Alberta. No Beautiful Shore is her first novel.

RSGC's Focus on the Environment Speaker Series presents Tim Flannery and Bridget Stutchbury at the Bloor Cinema on Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30). $25 General Admission. Tickets are available through the RSGC Event Tickets link and at the door, if not sold out: https://www.netdirectories.com/~rsgc/oler2.cgi?1054

Books available for purchase on site c/o Ben McNally Books.

Poetry readings by Don McKay (Strike/Slip), Lee Maracle (Bent Box) and Marilyn Gear Pilling (Cleavage: A Life in Breasts) at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Thursday, April 3, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Visit the gritLIT website for more details.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

Hamilton's annual gritLIT festival runs from April 3 to 6 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Sky Dragon Centre. The festival's aim is "to make Hamilton, often thought of as a gritty city, a destination for book loving audiences as well as for authors from coast to coast." It's a short trip from Toronto, and it's worth the trip. Click here for the festival's schedule.

http://www.gritlit.ca/

Readings by Helen Humphreys (The Frozen Thames), Alissa York (Effigy) and Mark Frutkin (Fabrizio's Return) at The Art Gallery of Hamilton, on Friday, April 4, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

Hamilton's annual gritLIT festival runs from April 3 to 6 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Sky Dragon Centre. The festival's aim is "to make Hamilton, often thought of as a gritty city, a destination for book loving audiences as well as for authors from coast to coast." It's a short trip from Toronto, and it's worth the trip. Click here for the festival's schedule.

http://www.gritlit.ca/

Rick Blechta will be signing copies of his latest book, A Case of You (RendezVous Press), at Chapters in Oshawa on April 5 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Rick Blechta is a crime novelist and musician living in Toronto and has twin passions in life: crime writing and music. He's had five novels published and the sixth, A Case of You, has just been released. His 2005 novel, Cemetery of the Nameless was a finalist for an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel. He was also a recipient of the CWC's Derrick Murdoch Award in 2000. Rick's website is www.rickblechta.com.

Join poets Robert Priest, Duke Redbird and Sheetalina for Buffalo Stew & Poetry Too on April 5 at 6:00 p.m. at the New Earth Gallery, 700 Queen Street East, Toronto. Pay-What-You-Can.

Buffalo Stew & Poetry Too is an event that takes place during National Poetry Month comprised of three poets from different cultures and varied expression. The theme of this event pertains to the earth, the mind and the body. The participating artists represent an established Canadian Ojibway Indian poet, an emerging East Indian poet, and a local prominent Toronto poet. There will be space for walk-around performance, as well as visual poetry projected onto the white wall space.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

Hamilton's annual gritLIT festival runs from April 3 to 6 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Sky Dragon Centre. The festival's aim is "to make Hamilton, often thought of as a gritty city, a destination for book loving audiences as well as for authors from coast to coast." It's a short trip from Toronto, and it's worth the trip. Click here for the festival's schedule.

http://www.gritlit.ca/

Every day, you're surrounded (bombarded, really) by words, from advertising to reality shows; from neon signs to instruction manuals. Why not use these words in your poetry? Borrowing from other texts to create poetry that is uniquely yours is a fun way to jump-start your imagination. And it has a venerable tradition - medieval poets cribbed from Homer to write their Life of Christ!

Rick Blechta will be signing copies of his latest book, A Case of You (RendezVous Press), at the Yonge Centre Chapters in Newmarket on April 6 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Rick Blechta is a crime novelist and musician living in Toronto and has twin passions in life: crime writing and music. He's had five novels published and the sixth, A Case of You, has just been released. His 2005 novel, Cemetery of the Nameless was a finalist for an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel. He was also a recipient of the CWC's Derrick Murdoch Award in 2000. Rick's website is www.rickblechta.com.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

Alessandro Porco, author of Augustine in Carthage, and Other Poems (ECW Press, April 2008), will be reading as part of the Strong Words Reading Series at the Gladstone Hotel Art Bar on Monday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. Pay what you can.

Alessandro Porco is a poet, critic, and scholar. Currently, at the State University of New York at Buffalo, he is working toward a dissertation on the subject of hip-hop poetics. The author of The Jill Kelly Poems and the forthcoming Augustine in Carthage, he is originally from Brampton, Ontario. His poetry has appeared in such literary magazines as Matrix, Grain, and Queen Street Quarterly.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

Launch for Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Life edited by Jonathan Edmondson & Alison Keith. At Provost Lodge, Trinity College, 5 Hoskin Ave, Toronto. Tuesday, April 8 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Jonathan Edmondson is a professor in the Department of History and the Programme in Classical Studies in the Division of Humanities at York University.

Alison Keith is a professor and chair in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto.

Head to the U of T Bookstore Reading Series for an evening of conversation with Barrie Wilson and Professor Patrick Gray, as they discuss Wilson’s new book How Jesus Became Christian, in which the author asks "How did a young rabbi become the god of a religion he wouldn’t recognize, one which was established through the use of calculated anti-Semitism?"

How do we learn to identify the "fun" in family dysfunction? At the Canadian launch of her much celebrated memoir, House Rules, author Rachel Sontag will have a spirited on-stage conversation about overcoming a decidedly zany, traumatic upbringing with Damian Rogers, Arts & Lifestyle Editor at EYE WEEKLY. A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Bond Street Books and EYE WEEKLY. At the Gladstone Hotel Gallery, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto. Tuesday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. (doors 7:00 p.m.) Admission free.

Johanna Skibsrud (Late Nights With Wild Cowboys), Jerome Paul and Dave Margoshes (Purity of Absence) are reading at the Art Bar Poetry Series on April 8 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free (but voluntary donations are appreciated).

Johanna Skibsrud’s poetry has appeared in various journals, including The Antigonish Review, Prism International, Lichen and Exile. Originally from Meadowville, Nova Scotia, she currently lives in Toronto.

McClelland & Stewart invite you to celebrate three extraordinary poetry collections: Orphic Politics by Tim Lilburn, The New Layman's Almanac by Jacob McArthur Mooney and The Dream World by Alison Pick. The launch is at Mitzi's Sister on Tuesday, April 8 from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
RSVP to rsvp [at] mcclelland [dot] com

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

On Wednesday, April 9, one of Toronto’s most consistently interesting literary presses unloads its latest chamber of armor-piercing books upon the reading public and this season, most of them have been manufactured right here in Toronto. The Coach House Spring Launch features new novels from acclaimed Toronto author Maggie Helwig (recently spotlighted in Toronto Life) and celebrated Toronto-based playwright Claudia Dey, and both books feature Ontario’s capital city as their settings, even as a character in itself (though a quite different character in each novel).

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

You are invited to the launch of PRECIPICe 15.2 including new writing by Richard Kostelanetz, Jay MillAr, Maureen Hynes, Kate Eichorn, Stephen Cain, Camille Martin, derek beaulieu, and more.

Celebrate the launch of the new issue on Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. It will be an evening of readings and stories from a diverse selection of some of Canada's best contemporary writers in print and in person. Featured authors reading at the event include: Adam Getty, Keith Inman, Elizabeth Wood, Stan Dragland, and Domenico Capilongo.

Where: The Niagara Artists' Centre: 354 St. Paul Street in Downtown St. Catharines (905) 641.0331
When: Thursday 10 April 2008 at 7:00pm
Cost: None or by donation if you are feeling generous

Gail Scott (co-editor of Biting the Error and author of Spare Parts Plus Two) and Rachel Levitsky (Under the Sun) read upstairs at the Gladstone Hotel Reception Gallery on Thursday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com/.

The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

Queer Within These Walls on Friday, April 11, 2008 (7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.). All are welcome to this FREE event! Featuring three local queer writers who will read from their novels on themes of working and living within mental health institutions. Come see Debra Anderson (Code White), Farzana Doctor (Stealing Nasreen) and Pat Capponi (Last Stop Sunnyside), at the Toronto Women's Bookstore (73 Harbord Street). Short Q & A & discussion afterwards. Books will be on sale and authors will be available to sign books. A 2008 LGBTQ Health Matters Week event. Co-sponsored by the Sherbourne Health Centre and the Toronto Women's Bookstore. For more info visit www.lgbtqhealthmatters.com call 416.324.4177 or email mclarke [at] sherbourne [dot] on [dot] ca

Stan Dragland (The Drowned Lands, Pedlar Press), Heather Wood (Barbies, Breasts & Bathing suits) and Jaclyn Piudik (The Tao of Loathliness) are reading at the IV Lounge Reading Series, 326 Dundas Street West (across the street from the AGO) on April 11 at 8:00 p.m.

The Drowned Lands moves like a river: muscular, graceful, full of force and depth. Here is a coming-of-age story of three young friends, set in a small Ontario town in the early 1900s. The characters are bristling with intelligence and charm; they are as real and true as can be. Dragland has Cormac McCarthy’s gentle humour and affinity for