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« Tuesday April 01, 2008 »
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(advanced_event) Writing Workshop with Catherine Graham Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm 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.... (advanced_event) Launch of National Poetry Month Start: 9:00 am End: 10:30 am 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. (advanced_event) The Royal Alexandra Portfolio - Photographs by Edward Burtynsky Start: 10:00 am End: 6:00 pm 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. (advanced_event) Stan Dragland Reading at Supermarket Start: 7:30 pm 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 (advanced_event) Ibi Kaslik at TINARS Start: 7:30 pm 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.

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