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06 / 2
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
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06 / 3
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
Start: 6:30 pm
Fiction readings by Glen Dresser (Correction Road, Oberon Press) and Theanna Bischoff (Cleavage, NeWest Press) at Type Books (883 Queen Street West) on Tuesday, June 3 at 6:30 p.m. Free.
Start: 7:30 pm
The seven finalists for the Griffin Poetry Prize will be reading in Toronto at the MacMillan Theatre on Tuesday, June 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Start: 8:00 pm
Esther Mazakian (All the Lifters, Signature Editions), Katia Grubisic (What if red ran out, Goose Lane Editions) and Rocco de Giacomo (Catching Dawn's Breath, LyricalMyrical Press) are reading at the Art Bar Poetry Series at Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto (by Christie subway station) on Tuesday, June 3 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
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06 / 4
(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.
End: 9:30 pm
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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
Start: 2:00 pm
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008), will be reading and signing as part of the Canadian Family Magazine author event at the North York Central Library at 2:00 p.m. on June 4.
Start: 8:00 pm
The award ceremony for the Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards is on June 4 at 8:00 p.m at the Leah Posluns Theatre (4588 Bathurst Street, Toronto). Admission free.
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06 / 5
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
Start: 2:00 pm
Cary Fagan, author of My New Shirt (Tundra Books), will be at the Davenport Branch of the Public Library on June 5 at 2:00 p.m. He will be reading and signing as part of the Canadian Family Magazine’s author event.
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The book launch for Branding Miss G__: Third Wave Feminists & The Media (Sumach Press) by Michelle Miller is on Thursday, June 5th from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. At the Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, Toronto. Head to the launch to meet the author. The launch will feature musical guests, a panel discussion & refreshments.
Michelle Miller earned her Master of Education from the University of Western Ontario and is currently a graduate student at the University of British Columbia where she is working on a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. She has been a member of the Miss G__ project since 2004.
Start: 7:00 pm
The Chax Press launch for Slightly Left of Thinking by Steve McCaffery and Implexures by Karen Mac Cormack is at the Cameron House, (back room) 408 Queen Street West, Toronto. June 6, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The event is hosted by BookThug.
Start: 7:30 pm
The Grey Borders Reading Series presents a very special evening of theatrical, performative, political, andrevolutionary readings featuring an allstar international cast:
Jaap Blonk (Netherlands)
Adeena Karasick (New York)
Gary Barwin and Gregory Betts (Hamilton and St. Catharines)
Thursday 5 June 2008No cover, donations encouraged. Doors open at 7:30. Performances start at 8:00 sharp. Please join us for a very special literary evening at St. Catharines' centre of avant-garde activity, Niagara Artists' Centre, 354 St.Paul Street, St.Catharines.
www.nac.org
www.greyborders.blogspot.com
For more on Jaap Blonk: http://www.jaapblonk.com/
For more on Adeena Karasick: http://www.adeenakarasick.com/
For more on Gary Barwin: http://hsclink.hillstrath.on.c...
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06 / 6
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
Start: 2:00 pm
Start: 06/06/2008 - 14:00
End: 06/08/2008 - 14:00
Bloody Words VIII, Canada’s largest gathering of mystery readers and writers, is on June 6 to 8 at the Eaton Centre Downtown Marriott Hotel.
Guests of Honour at the event are Rosemary Aubert and Carolyn Hart. The MC is Anthony Bidulka.
The winner of the Hammett Award will be announced at the Bloody Words Banquet.
Visit the Bloody Words website for ticket information and for the conference schedule.
Start: 7:00 pm
Toronto Noir co-editor Nathaniel G. Moore hosts a night of readings with Peter Robinson, RM Vaughan and Andrew Pyper at the World's Biggest Book Store (20 Edward Street, Toronto).
Andrew Pyper's fourth and latest novel, The Killing Circle, is slated for publication in August, 2008.
Peter Robinson's next book is the nineteenth Inspector Banks novel, All the Colours of Darkness, set for an August, 2008 release.
RM Vaughan's latest book is Troubled, published this spring by Coach House Books.
The official Toronto Noir trailer is by Toronto artist Geoffrey Pugen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
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06 / 7
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
(all day)
Start: 06/06/2008 - 14:00
End: 06/08/2008 - 14:00
Bloody Words VIII, Canada’s largest gathering of mystery readers and writers, is on June 6 to 8 at the Eaton Centre Downtown Marriott Hotel.
Guests of Honour at the event are Rosemary Aubert and Carolyn Hart. The MC is Anthony Bidulka.
The winner of the Hammett Award will be announced at the Bloody Words Banquet.
Visit the Bloody Words website for ticket information and for the conference schedule.
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Sky Gilbert, Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, and Anna Camilleri headline the Toronto Small Press Book Fair
The Toronto Small Press Book Fair celebrates its 21st birthday at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre on Saturday, June 7. From noon to 5:00 p.m. publishers, writers and fans and friends of Canada's small presses will gather at the JCC to support a long-standing tradition on the Canadian literary scene.
Small presses of every size, from the micro to the not-so-tiny will have for sale all kinds of books, chapbooks and zines that offer a different perspective and a chance for readers to step outside the mainstream.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
George A. Walker (Images from the Neocerebellum) will be at The Porcupine's Quill on Saturday, June 7 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. to demonstrate the art of wood engraving. Head to The Porcupine's Quill in Erin, Ontario for an open studio, demonstration and artist print sales.
Start: 2:00 pm
Elyse Friedman (Long Story Short, Anansi) and Pasha Malla (The Withdrawal Method, Anansi) will read from their fiction and discuss their craft at the Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, On Saturday, June 7 at 2:00 p.m. The event is moderated by Caroline Adderson (Pleased to Meet You, Thomas Allen). It is part of the Luminato Short Story Festival.
Visit the Luminato website for the authors' bios and for a full schedule of the Short Story Festival.
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06 / 8
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
End: 2:00 pm
Start: 06/06/2008 - 14:00
End: 06/08/2008 - 14:00
Bloody Words VIII, Canada’s largest gathering of mystery readers and writers, is on June 6 to 8 at the Eaton Centre Downtown Marriott Hotel.
Guests of Honour at the event are Rosemary Aubert and Carolyn Hart. The MC is Anthony Bidulka.
The winner of the Hammett Award will be announced at the Bloody Words Banquet.
Visit the Bloody Words website for ticket information and for the conference schedule.
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06 / 9
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
Start: 12:30 pm
Anthony DeSa (Barnacle Love) and Caroline Adderson (Pleased to Meet You) will read from their fiction and discuss their craft at the Parkdale Branch of the Toronto Public Library, 1303 Queen Street West, on Monday, June 9 at 12:30 p.m. The event is moderated by Russell Smith. It is part of the Luminato Short Story Festival.
Visit the Luminato website for the authors' bios and for a full schedule of the Short Story Festival.
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06 / 10
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
So how'd a nice girl like you end up on a freighter?'
`You're assuming I'm nice.'
The Porcupine's Quill and Sheree-Lee Olson invite you to celebrate the launch of the novel Sailor Girl by Sheree-Lee Olson. At Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street, Toronto (south of Queen). Tuesday, June 10 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
About Sailor Girl:
Summer, 1981. On the run from a violent boyfriend, nineteen-year-old art student Kate McLeod packs up her camera and her vodka and signs on to an ancient Great Lakes grain boat.
The word so far...
Start: 7:30 pm
So, you think you have a long commute to work? Since 756 AD, muleteers known as Lados have navigated the 2,350 kilometers of Tea Horse Road to trade tea from China to India. At the launch of his new book, The Ancient Tea Horse Road: Travels with the Last of the Himalayan Muleteers, celebrated photojournalist Jeff Fuchs will deliver a multimedia presentation featuring stunning photographs of both the Lados and a landscape that has been undisturbed for thousands of years. — A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Penguin Group (Canada) and EYE WEEKLY.
Gladstone Hotel Gallery, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
Tuesday, June 10 at 8:00 p.m. (doors 7:30 p.m.) free
Start: 8:00 pm
Acclaimed Norwegian cartoonist JASON — currently serializing his newest work in The New York Times Magazine — comes to Toronto to launch his new work POCKET FULL OF RAIN. RAIN is a collection of early works by Jason, defying genre and style and showing his development into the internationally acclaimed author he is today. Jason will be interviewed on his life and career in an audio/visual presentation by The Beguiling’s Peter Birkemoe at The Central, located directly adjacent to The Beguiling, on Tuesday June 10th at 8:00 p.m.
Start: 8:00 pm
Monty Reid (The Luskville Reductions, Brick Books), Phlip Arima (Breathe Now, BuschekBooks) and Yannick Marshall (Old Friend, We Made This for You, Kellom Books, an imprint of Canadian Scholars' Press) are reading at the Art Bar Poetry Series at Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto (by Christie subway station) on Tuesday, June 10 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
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06 / 11
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
Start: 7:30 pm
The final evening of the Rowers Pub Reading Series for this season is on Wednesday, June 11 at Harbord House, 150 Harbord Street, 2nd floor (416 961-6277) at 7:30 p.m. Free.
Head to Harbord House for a celebration of the first year of the Rowers Pub Reading Series, and a chance to get to know the people behind it, with very short readings by its five directors: Ian Burgham, David Clink, Catherine Graham, Ned Hagerman and Halli Villegas. Let there be cake! (and a solitary candle).
We acknowledge financial assistance through The Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers' Union of Canada, and a donation from Alexander McCall Smith. For more information visit rowerspubreadingseries.com.
Start: 8:00 pm
The Toronto launch for Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets (Biblioasis), edited by Zachariah Wells, is at the IV Lounge, 326 Dundas Street West, Toronto, on Wednesday, June 11 at 8:00 p.m.
In Jailbreaks, Wells has collected 99 of his favourite sonnets written by Canadians. The launch at the IV Lounge will feature readings by Colin Carberry, Evie Christie, Pino Coluccio, E.A. Lacey (read by Fraser Sutherland), Gwendolyn MacEwen (read by Meaghan Strimas), Stuart Ross and Zachariah Wells.
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06 / 12
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
Start: 7:00 pm
PistolPress launches its inaugural anthology, PISTOL, in Toronto! Come join us for a night of mirth and merriment, art and books, and readings too!
Hosted by: Carey William Wass
Readings by: Gil Filar, Elyse Friedman, Catherine Kidd, Hillary Rexe
Music by: Luke Correia-Damude (Boys Who Say No)
Where: Freedom Clothing - 939 Bloor Street West (one street west of Ossington, south side)
When: Thursday, June 12th
Doors: 7:00 pm Readings: 8:00 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
Ahmad Saidullah (Happiness and Other Disorders, Key Porter) and Sharon English (Zero Gravity, The Porcupine's Quill) will read from their fiction and discuss their craft at the Palmerston Branch of the Toronto Public Library, 560 Palmerston Avenue, on Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m. The event is moderated by Jane Urquhart. It is part of the Luminato Short Story Festival.
Visit the Luminato website for the authors' bios and for a full schedule of the Short Story Festival.
Start: 7:30 pm
On Thursday, June 12 Maggie Helwig, author of Girls Fall Down (Coach House Books), is reading at at Cervejaria, 842 College Street, for the final installment of Toronto WordStage.
Maggie Helwig has published six books of poetry (most recently, One Building in the Earth), two books of essays, a collection of short stories and two previous novels, Where She Was Standing and Between Mountains. She is the associate director of the Scream Literary Festival. She also works for the Social Justice and Advocacy Board of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto. Her website is www.maggiehelwig.com.
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06 / 13
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
Start: 12:30 pm
David Whitton and Rebecca Rosenblum will read from their fiction and discuss their craft at the Northern District Branch of the Toronto Public Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd, on Friday, June 13 at 12:30 p.m. The event is moderated by Lynn Coady. It is part of the Luminato Short Story Festival.
Visit the Luminato website for the authors' bios and for a full schedule of the Short Story Festival.
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06 / 14
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
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06 / 15
(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: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
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.
(all day)
Start: 06/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 06/30/2008 - 18:00
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008) and Creatures Great and Small (Tundra Books, 2006), will have her illustrations from the two books on exhibit at the Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Avenue, for the month of June.
Start: 12:40 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Karen Patkau, author and illustrator of Creatures Yesterday and Today (Tundra Books, 2008), will be speaking at the Canscaip/CCBC presentation at Book Expo Canada on June 15 from 12:40 to 2:00 p.m.
Start: 3:00 pm
Christopher Sulgan, author of The Soviet Ambassador (McClelland & Stewart), will be at Nicholas Hoare Books and Afternoon Tea at the King Edward Hotel, Windsor Ballroom, on June 15 at 3:00 p.m.
Tickets: $35, available from Nicholas Hoare Bookstore, 45 Front Street East, Toronto, 416.777.2665.
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Reva Stern will be signing copies of her book, The Water Buffalo That Shed Her Girdle on June 15 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. at BookExpo Canada. At Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front Street West, Toronto.
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06 / 16
(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.
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