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04 / 17
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

The Anansi Poetry Bash is on Thursday, April 17 at LeVack Block (88 Ossington Ave.). The press is celebrating the launch of Revolver by Kevin Connolly, The Sentinel by A.F. Moritz and Chameleon Hours by Elise Partridge.

All three collections are available as part of Anansi's new Spring 2008 Poetry Package. Free shipping anywhere inside Canada. http://anansi.ca/subscriptions...

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm

The National Poetry Month evening at the Columbus Centre, Toronto, will take place Thursday, April 17, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., in the Rotunda on the Main floor. Admission is free. The evening is hosted by Centro Scuola/Columbus Centre and the Dante Society of Toronto. The readers include Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Gianna Patriarca, Joseph Maviglia, and Bruna Di Giuseppe-Bertoni. All four of these Italian Canadian poets have earned praise for their published works. As creative artists, they each describe their own experience of immigration, and their poems give voice to the thousands of other new arrivals in Canada.

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

Start: 7:00 pm

The launch for Desire for Development: Whiteness, Gender, and the Helping Imperative by Barbara Heron is on Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Toronto Women's Bookstore.

Guest Speakers: Sherene Razack, Barbara Heron

04 / 18
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

04 / 19
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:30 pm

Catherine Graham will be leading her workshop, "The Creative Problem Solver" through the Spirituality at Work program, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. Click here for more details.

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....

Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm

Rick Blechta will be signing copies of his latest book, A Case of You (RendezVous Press), at Chapters in Barrie on Saturday, April 19 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.

04 / 20
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

Start: 3:00 pm

Nicholas Hoare's "Books and Afternoon Tea" event features Anne Simpson, author of Falling (McClelland & Stewart). The event also features Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski (The Occupied Garden), Rex Wyler (Jesus Sayings) and Emma Donoghue (The Sealed Letter). Call Nicholas Hoare Books at 416.416.777.2665 for ticket info.

On Sunday, April 20 at 3:00 p.m. at the King Edward Hotel.

04 / 21
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

Start: 6:00 pm

Join poets Souvankham Thammavongsa, Boonaa Mohammed, Patria Rivera and James Deahl for Poetry Without Borders on April 21 at 6:00 p.m. at Parliament Library, 269 Gerrard Street East, Toronto. Free admission.

This eclectic event will feature excellent Canadian poets from diverse cultural backgrounds whose work addresses issues of identity, alienation and displacement. It will also stretch formal poetic boundaries, by including both spare poetry and hip-hop inspired spoken word art.

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

Start: 7:00 pm

On Monday, April 21st, the Toronto Green Community presents a special evening discussion about the future of water in Toronto. Four contributors to Coach House Books' GreenTOpia: Towards a Sustainable Toronto look at water in the city -- its ravine system, changing water bodies and creeks -- and discuss ideas for improving Toronto's water future.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Chris Hilkene, president of the Clean Water Foundation.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Rick Blechta will give a lecture, "It's Not Whodunnit, it's Howhedunnit!", at the Burlington Public Library (Central Branch) on April 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Free admission.

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.

04 / 22
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

04 / 23
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

Start: 4:00 am

Please join Kwai-Yun Li for a reading from her short story collection, The Palm Leaf Fan and Other Stories (TSAR Books) on Wednesday, April 23 at 4:00 p.m. At Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Toronto on the 14th floor, Room 14087.

Refreshments available. Free Admission.

The Palm Leaf Fan and Other Stories
From crumbling shops in Chinatown to decaying tanneries in Tangra, Kwai-yun Li’s collection of linked short stories expose us to the sights, sounds, and smells of a marginalized community in postcolonial Calcutta.

Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm

Rick Blechta will be signing copies of his latest book, A Case of You (RendezVous Press), at Chapters in Mississauga on Saturday, April 26 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.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Author Marsha Skrypuch commemorates the Armenian Genocide as she talks
about her new book, Daughter of War, with fellow author, Jessica Westhead (Pulpy and Midge, Coach House Books). On Wednesday, April 23, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, (416)462-1104.
Light Refreshments will be served

Start: 7:30 pm

To celebrate the launch of her novel Stunt (Coach House Books), which is about acts of daring and love under the big top, acclaimed playwright Claudia Dey will have a revealing on-stage conversation with celebrated novelist Michael Winter. Also on the bill is "The Stunt Wild West Eighties Show" —a circus-like extravaganza featuring 80s music performed by Kurt Swinghammer, Don Kerr, Paul Linklater and Doug Friesen, and projections of old western films. A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Coach House Books and EYE WEEKLY. At the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St W, Toronto on Wednesday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. (doors 7:00 p.m.). Admission free.

04 / 24
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

Start: 6:00 pm

The Gaspereau Press poetry launch featuring Karen Houle (During) and Johanna Skibsrud (Late Nights With Wild Cowboys), hosted by John Terpstra, is on April 24 at 6:00 p.m. at Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street, Toronto.

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.

Karen Houle is an associate professor in Philosophy at the University of Guelph. Houle’s first collection of poetry, Ballast, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2001. Her essay "Double Arc" was published in Dropped Threads 2.

Start: 6:00 pm

The launch for Shane Peacock's latest book, Death in the Air is at Nicolas Hoare Bookstore on April 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Start: 7:30 pm

Encounter new works by two poets investigating the poetic potential of documents. Rachel Zolf will read from Shoot & Weep, the first section of a new body of work investigating competing knowledges in Israel and Palestine. M. NourbeSe Philip will read from Zong!, a retelling of the unspeakable violence that marked a slave ship’s passage to the Americas.

The readings is on April 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Meeting Room, Friends House at 60 Lowther Avenue, Toronto, 416-921-0368. No cover.

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

04 / 25
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

Start: 12:00 pm

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, an outstanding event by these two leaders in Canadian poetry circles! Twelve Members of Workman Arts will also be invited to participate in four workshops being offered as part of Workman Arts’ Spring Training Session and as part of The April Poetry Workshop series. Free admission.

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

Start: 8:00 pm

Christopher Doda (Aesthetics Lesson), Penn Kemp (www.pennkemp.ca) and Nathan Whitlock (A Week of This, ECW Press) at the IV Lounge Reading Series. At the IV Lounge, 326 Dundas Street West, across from the AGO on Friday, April 25 at 8:00 p.m.

04 / 26
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

04 / 27
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

04 / 28
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

Start: 8:00 pm

Akashic Books’ esteemed series of collections devoted to hardboiled crime stories, each one set in a different city, comes to the rain-soaked streets of our less-than-fair town with Toronto Noir. Co-editor Nathaniel G Moore will join ‘Gun Molls’ Damian Rogers and Sasha Van Bon Bon of EYE WEEKLY to host “Noir Confessions”, an evening in which such contributors as George Elliot Clarke, Sean Dixon, Pasha Malla, Andrew Pyper and Emily Schultz will publicly confess the most film noir-like things they've ever done. — A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Akashic Books and EYE WEEKLY. At the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto. On Monday, April 28 at 8:00 p.m. (doors 7:30). Free.

04 / 29
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.

(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30

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

(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00

The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!

All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.

Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.

Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!

Start: 7:00 pm

Claudia Dey, author of the novel Stunt (Coach House Books, 2008), is reading at the Free Speech Reading Series at Tinto, 89 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto. Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00 p.m.

Start: 8:00 pm

Have you ever suspected that international diplomats simply make it up as they go along? If so, author and academic Gregory Levey will confirm your worst fears at the launch of his memoir, Shut Up I’m Talking – And Other Lessons I Learned In The Israeli Government (Simon & Schuster Canada). Levey will recount his hilarious, bizarre encounters with Middle East politics and engage in an extended Q&A with the audience. A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Simon & Schuster Canada and EYE WEEKLY. At the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto. On Tuesday, April 29 at 8:00 p.m. (Doors 7:30 p.m.). Free.

Start: 8:00 pm

Karen Houle (During), Jerome Paul and Dave Margoshes at are reading at The Art Bar Reading Series on April 29 at 8:00 p.m. at Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Admission is free (voluntary donations are appreciated).

Karen Houle is an associate professor in Philosophy at the University of Guelph. Houle’s first collection of poetry, Ballast, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2001. Her essay "Double Arc" was published in Dropped Threads 2.

04 / 30
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00

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....

(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00

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.