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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....

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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.

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Influency 4: A Toronto Poetry Salon
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

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Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman
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.

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Launch for Broad Is the Way: Stories from Mayerthorpe by Margaret Norquay
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm

Please join Margaret Norquay and family to celebrate the publication of Broad Is the Way: Stories from Mayerthorpe.

Part of the Life Writing Series from Wilfrid Laurier University Press, this book a collection of stories from Margaret and Jim Norquay's seven years in Mayerthorpe, Alberta in the early 1950s. Told with affection and gentle humour, the stories cover the challenges, heartaches, and delights of a young community and a minister and his wife in a very new marriage.

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Johanna Skibsrud and Karen Houle at the LitLive Reading Series
Start: 7:30 pm

Johanna Skibsrud, author of Late Nights With Wild Cowboys (Gaspereau Press), and Karen Houle, author of During (Gaspereau Press), are reading at the LitLive Reading Series on May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Street, Hamilton.

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.
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