Events

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.

This summer, Toronto's most idiosyncratic secondhand bookshop, The Monkey's Paw, hosts an unprecedented site-specific group art show: The Monkey's Paw Section Label Project. At the invitation of co-curators Stephen Fowler and Kerri Reid, 13 local artists will respond visually to the cultural content of an entire bookstore by creating (very small) section labels for all 52 subject categories throughout the shop.

Who:
Stephen APPLEBY-BARR
Katie BETHUNE-LEAMEN
Diane BORSATO
Shary BOYLE
Nicole COLLINS
Nicholas DI GENOVA
Kristan HORTON
Michael MARANDA
Olia MISHCHENKO
Jenn MURPHY
Lauchie REID
Derek SULLIVAN
Jacob WHIBLEY

The TAXI Project is a play about freedom of expression, home and exile. It is an initiative of PEN Canada and the Art for Real Change Collective. The TAXI Project is an original play that explores issues of freedom of expression and the complex realities of living in exile.

Written by four members of PEN Canada's Writers in Exile Program (Emma Beltran, Martha Kuwee Kumsa, Sheng Xue, and Goran Simic) the play follows four characters forced to leave their home countries and the struggle to create a new life in Canada.

Following the play will be a reading and discussion by members of the Writers in Exile Program.

Daytime performances will be accompanied by an interactive workshop and will be attended predominantly by youth.

PERFORMANCE DATE: July 28th - August 9th

The Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning is pleased to announce that Lynn Johnston, the award-winning cartoonist behind the long-running strip For Better or For Worse, will be the guest of honour at their 2008 awards ceremony. During which time, she will be inducted into the "Giants of the North"; the Canadian Cartoonists' Hall of Fame. The evening will feature a career retrospective, moderated Q+A and signing session.

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.

This summer, Toronto's most idiosyncratic secondhand bookshop, The Monkey's Paw, hosts an unprecedented site-specific group art show: The Monkey's Paw Section Label Project. At the invitation of co-curators Stephen Fowler and Kerri Reid, 13 local artists will respond visually to the cultural content of an entire bookstore by creating (very small) section labels for all 52 subject categories throughout the shop.

Who:
Stephen APPLEBY-BARR
Katie BETHUNE-LEAMEN
Diane BORSATO
Shary BOYLE
Nicole COLLINS
Nicholas DI GENOVA
Kristan HORTON
Michael MARANDA
Olia MISHCHENKO
Jenn MURPHY
Lauchie REID
Derek SULLIVAN
Jacob WHIBLEY

The TAXI Project is a play about freedom of expression, home and exile. It is an initiative of PEN Canada and the Art for Real Change Collective. The TAXI Project is an original play that explores issues of freedom of expression and the complex realities of living in exile.

Written by four members of PEN Canada's Writers in Exile Program (Emma Beltran, Martha Kuwee Kumsa, Sheng Xue, and Goran Simic) the play follows four characters forced to leave their home countries and the struggle to create a new life in Canada.

Following the play will be a reading and discussion by members of the Writers in Exile Program.

Daytime performances will be accompanied by an interactive workshop and will be attended predominantly by youth.

PERFORMANCE DATE: July 28th - August 9th

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.

This summer, Toronto's most idiosyncratic secondhand bookshop, The Monkey's Paw, hosts an unprecedented site-specific group art show: The Monkey's Paw Section Label Project. At the invitation of co-curators Stephen Fowler and Kerri Reid, 13 local artists will respond visually to the cultural content of an entire bookstore by creating (very small) section labels for all 52 subject categories throughout the shop.

Who:
Stephen APPLEBY-BARR
Katie BETHUNE-LEAMEN
Diane BORSATO
Shary BOYLE
Nicole COLLINS
Nicholas DI GENOVA
Kristan HORTON
Michael MARANDA
Olia MISHCHENKO
Jenn MURPHY
Lauchie REID
Derek SULLIVAN
Jacob WHIBLEY

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.

Head to the Word on the Street in Kitchener to meet Tundra authors Ed Butts (SOS: Stories of Survival), Marthe Jocelyn (Ready For series). On Sunday, September 28 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Victoria Park in Kitchener.

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.

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.

Canadian Notes & Queries, The New Quarterly and Pages Books and Magazines present 'Salon des Refuses,' a literary discussion at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel, featuring panelists Mike Barnes, Heather Birrell (I know you are but what am I?), Sharon English (Zero Gravity), Adrian Michael Kelly (Down Sterling Road) and CNQ editor, Daniel Wells. Moderated by Kim Jernigan of TNQ. The launch is a This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Biblioasis, and EYE WEEKLY.

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.

Maggie Helwig (Girls Fall Down, Coach House Books), Stuart Ross (I Cut My Finger, Anvil Press), Tanis Rideout and Terry Trowbridge are reading at Four Triple Five Living Arts Space in Niagara Falls on August 14 at 7:00 p.m. as part of the Virus Reading Series. Music will be provided by Jim Slominski and his band.

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.

Katia Grubisic (What if Red Ran Out, Goose Lane Editions), Dane Swan and Peter Unwin (The Wolf's Head: Writing Lake Superior, Cormorant Books) are reading at the IV Lounge Reading Series at 326 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Friday, August 15 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free.

The Porcupine's Quill is celebrating thirty-five years at 68 Main Street in Erin Village on Saturday, August 16th and Sunday, August 17th. Stop by the c. 1890 building for a self-guided tour and for demonstrations of book printing and binding equipment, both antiquated and modern. Guided tours of the village will leave from 68 Main Street at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The Porcupine's Quill is celebrating thirty-five years at 68 Main Street in Erin Village on Saturday, August 16th and Sunday, August 17th. Stop by the c. 1890 building for a self-guided tour and for demonstrations of book printing and binding equipment, both antiquated and modern. Guided tours of the village will leave from 68 Main Street at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Get ready for v2.0! Here we go. It's going to be a hoot!

Head to the patio of This Ain't the Rosedale Library on Tuesday, August 19th for an evening of readings with a Q & A featuring Erick Lyle, Jeff Miller, Cathy Crowe, Dri and Joey Comeau

Is death an appropriate punishment for the crime of stealing another's story and calling it your own? To celebrate the launch of his highly anticipated literary mystery, The Killing Circle, Andrew Pyper will engage in an on-stage discussion about such perennial conundrums for Canada's literati with fellow novelist and Quill & Quire review editor Nathan Whitlock. – A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Random House Canada and EYE WEEKLY.

Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto
Tuesday, August 19 at 8:30 p.m. (doors 8:00 p.m.) free

Xtra's Writing Outside The Margins festival of queer literary arts is on Sunday, August 24 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Church Street between Alexander and Gloucester.

The festival is hosted by Ryan G. Hinds and Kristyn Dunnion and features Open Mic, Poetry Slam and Panel Discussions. Readings by:

• RM Vaughan
• Zoe Whittall
• Derek McCormack
• John Cameron Mitchell
• Michelle Tea
• Nina Arsenault
• Todd Klink
• Daniel MacIvor
• Trish Salah
• Anand Mahadevan
• Jeffrey Round
• Hadassah Hill
• Peter Dube
• Geneva St. James
• Ryan Kamstra
• Stewart Lewis
• Tamai Kobayashi

Fraser Sutherland (Manual for Emigrants, Tightrope Books), Carey Toane and James Arthur (Tyrrhenian Sea) are reading at the IV Lounge Reading Series at 326 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Friday, August 29 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free.

Join us to discuss all these things. It will be splendid!

Join us to discuss all these things. It will be splendid!

Rhea Tregebov, editor of Arguing with the Storm (Sumach Press), will be at Harbourfront Centre for the Ashkenaz Festival 2008 on Sunday, August 31 at 5:30 p.m. for a reading, talk and interview.

Rhea Tregebov is the author of six collections of poetry; she has also written five children's picture books and edited numerous anthologies of fiction, poetry and essays. She is currently Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.

Join us to discuss all these things. It will be splendid!

Kathy Kacer will be reading from her latest book, The Diary of Laura’s Twin, as part of the Ashkenaz Festival, a celebration of Yiddish and Jewish life and culture, at Harbourfront Centre in the Brigintine Room. Monday, September 1 at 2:30 p.m.

Get ready for v2.0! Here we go. It's going to be a hoot!

Join us to discuss all these things. It will be splendid!

Get ready for v2.0! Here we go. It's going to be a hoot!

Alessandro Porco will be reading from Augustine in Carthage, and Other Poems (ECW Press, 2008) at The Art Bar Poetry Series at Clinton's (693 Bloor Street West, Toronto) on July 29 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free, donations are appreciated. For more info go to http://www.artbar.org/.

This Is Not A Reading Series turns five! It is the thirtieth year of Pages Books & Magazines! What better way to celebrate these twin milestones than with a tribute to the driving force behind both indie institutions: Marc Glassman? A posse of familiar faces from Toronto's literary, film, and art scenes will raise their glasses to the literary and film curator, editor, arts journalist, and proprietor of Pages Books. Billy Bryans will perform a live DJ set. -- A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines and EYE WEEKLY.

Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto
Tuesday, September 2 at 8:00 p.m. (doors 7:30 p.m.) free.

Join us to discuss all these things. It will be splendid!

Get ready for v2.0! Here we go. It's going to be a hoot!

Pedlar Press releases Roo Borson's book Personal History, a suite of eight essays in the belles lettres tradition at Supermarket in Kensington Market on Wednesday, September 3 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Join us to discuss all these things. It will be splendid!

Get ready for v2.0! Here we go. It's going to be a hoot!

Join us to discuss all these things. It will be splendid!

Get ready for v2.0! Here we go. It's going to be a hoot!

The Eden Mills Writers' Festival is celebrating its 20th year this summer. The Festival runs from Friday, September 5 to Sunday, September 7. Workshops and seminars run on September 5 and 6. Festival day is on September 7. The authors at this year's festival include David McGimpsey, Shari Lapeña, Michael Ondaatje, Alistair MacLeod, Robert J. Sawyer, Jane Urquhart and others.

For more details, visit the festival website.

Join us to discuss all these things. It will be splendid!

The Eden Mills Writers' Festival is celebrating its 20th year this summer. The Festival runs from Friday, September 5 to Sunday, September 7. Workshops and seminars run on September 5 and 6. Festival day is on September 7. The authors at this year's festival include David McGimpsey, Shari Lapeña, Michael Ondaatje, Alistair MacLeod, Robert J. Sawyer, Jane Urquhart and others.

For more details, visit the festival website.

Reva Stern, author of The Water Buffalo That Shed Her Girdle (BookLand Press), will be at Chapters Bayview Village, 2901 Bayview Avenue, Toronto on September 6 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. for book signing and media interviews.

Join us to discuss all these things. It will be splendid!

The Eden Mills Writers' Festival is celebrating its 20th year this summer. The Festival runs from Friday, September 5 to Sunday, September 7. Workshops and seminars run on September 5 and 6. Festival day is on September 7. The authors at this year's festival include David McGimpsey, Shari Lapeña, Michael Ondaatje, Alistair MacLeod, Robert J. Sawyer, Jane Urquhart and others.

For more details, visit the festival website.

John Donlan (Spirit Engine, Brick Books), Matt Rader (Living Things, Nightwood Editions) and Frank Giorno (Arrivederci, Plastic Covered Couch, Lyricalmyrical Press) are reading at the Art Bar Poetry series at Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto. On October 21 at 8:00 p.m.