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(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) 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 (advanced_event) 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. (advanced_event) Jessica Westhead Reading in Oshawa Start: 1:00 pm Jessica Westhead, author of Pulpy and Midge (Coach House Books, 2007) is reading at Chapters in Oshawa on Sunday, May 10 at 1:00 p.m. Jessica Westhead is a Toronto writer who has published stories in litmags such as The Antigonish Review, Matrix, This Magazine, Geist, Taddle Creek, Forget Magazine, Word and Kiss Machine. Her fiction was included in the anthology Desire, Doom & Vice: A Canadian Collection, and her short-story chapbook, Those Girls, was published by Greenboathouse Books in 2006. (advanced_event) Launch for The Lucky Ones, edited by Ann Rauhala Start: 2:00 pm The launch party for The Lucky Ones: Our Stories of Adopting Children from China (ECW Press) edited by Ann Rauhala with a foreword from Jan Wong is at The Atrium, George Vari Engineering Building, 3rd Floor, Ryerson University, 245 Church Street, Toronto. On Saturday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m. Please RSVP to sarah@ecwpress.com. Ann Rauhala is a former columnist and foreign editor of The Globe and Mail, now director of newspapers at the School of Journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto. (advanced_event) Book Signing by Karol Zelazny Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Karol Zelazny will be signing copies of his book, Walk on Water in the World of Symptoms (BookLand Press), on Saturday, May 10 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Chapters Square One in Mississauga, 198 Rathburn Road West. (advanced_event) Launch for a new book by Cary Fagan Start: 4:00 pm End: 6:00 pm Celebrate the launch of Mr. Karp’s Last Glass, a new book by Cary Fagan. On Saturday, May 10 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Type Books, 883 Queen St. West, Toronto. Ph. (416) 366-8973. Book-signing and refreshments. Cary Fagan is an award-winning children's author and adult novelist. His previous children's books include Daughter of the Great Zandini, illustrated by Cybèle Young, and Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina's Life, co-written with Chan Hon Goh. He has also written two books in the Kaspar Snit series. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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