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« Thursday May 01, 2008 »
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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....

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.

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

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

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

Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman at David Mirvish Books On Art from May 1 to August 3.
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.

An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books), edited by David Macfarlane. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.

Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.

Start: 7:00 pm

Launch for Girls Fall Down (Coach House Books) by Maggie Helwig at the Toronto Women's Bookstore, 73 Harbord Street. Her reading will be followed by a short Q&A led by author Zoe Whittall (Bottle Rocket Hearts, Cormorant Books).

Start: 7:30 pm

What is the nature of humanitarian action in the twenty-first century?

Start: 7:30 pm

Fitzhenry & Whiteside and authors Alan R. Wilson and Eric Miller invite you to join them in celebrating the official launch of Sky Atlas and The Day in Moss. Hosted by Govenor General's Literary Award nominee Evan Jones. The Fitzhenry & Whiteside Poetry Launch is on Thursday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Bar Italia (www.bar-italia.ca), 582 College Street, Toronto. Free.

**Light Refreshments will be provided**

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