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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) Charles Foran and Stephen Henighan at Nicholas Hoare Start: 6:00 pm Nicholas Hoare and Biblioasis are pleased to present an evening with Charles Foran and Stephen Henighan. Head to Nicholas Hoare bookstore for food, drink, and a remorseless assault on the literary status quo. Novelists, travel writers, critics, Governor General Award nominees, and disputatious freethinkers Foran and Henighan will read from their highly anticipated essay collections, Join the Revolution, Comrade, and A Report on the Afterlife of Culture. Readings will be followed by a Q&A and a book signing. At Nicholas Hoare Books, 45 Front Street East on May 21 from 6:00 p.m. until after 8:00 p.m. (advanced_event) Launch for Am I Dead Yet? by John Scully Start: 6:30 pm Join author and former CBC journalist John Scully and Sadia Zaman, Executive Director of Women in Film and Television-Toronto, for an evening of dialogue on War Zone Journalism The book launch for Am I Dead Yet? is on Wednesday May 21 at 6:30 p.m., Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street, Toronto (www.benmcnallybooks.com). *Admission Free - Complimentary Wine and Cheese will be served* (advanced_event) Insomniac Press/ Punchy Writers Spring Poetry Launch Start: 7:00 pm The Insomniac Press Spring Poetry Launch is at Dora Keogh Traditional Irish Pub, 141 Danforth Avenue, Toronto on Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m. Celebrate the launch of three new books of poetry: The Debaucher by Jason Camlot (Insomniac Press), The Red Element by Catherine Graham (Insomniac Press) and Dead Cars in Managua by Stuart Ross (DC Books / Punchy Writers Series).

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