Events

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Liz Zetlin (The Thing With Feathers, BuschekBooks), Sheri Benning (Thin Moon Psalm, Brick Books) and Jon Paul Fiorentino (The Theory of the Loser Class, Coach House Books) are reading at the Art Bar Poetry Series at Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Tuesday, September 9 at 8:00 p.m. Free.

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Award-winning author David Bergen (The Retreat, McClelland & Stewart) will be at Ben McNally/Globe & Mail Books & Brunch at the King Edward Hotel, 37 King Street East, Toronto, on Sunday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m. www.benmcnallybooks.com.

The launch for Drawing on Type (The Porcupine's Quill), an autobiography by Frank Newfeld is on Sunday, September 14 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Different Drummer Books, 513 Locust Street, Burlington. Refreshments will be served.

This Is Not A Reading Series and Biblioasis present the prestigious Metcalfe-Rooke Award to Rebecca Rosenblum. To launch her short-story collection, featuring the award-winning Once (Biblioasis), Rosenblum will share the stage John Metcalfe and Leon Rooke. A This is Not A Reading Series event.

At the Gladstone Hotel, 2nd Floor Gallery, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
Monday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m. (doors 7:00 p.m.) free.

Come and Enjoy the CHA CHA! Thursday, September 25th at the Cervejeria Lounge, 842 College Street at 8:00 p.m. ~ $8 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

A night of readings and performances that celebrate and challenge notions of female sexuality.

emcees: Jill Andrew & Athena Karkanis

FEATURING:
Ann Cummings
Aisha Sasha John
janet romero leiva
monica rosas
Dianah Smith
Andrea Theony
Yaya Yao

SPECIAL GUEST: Stacey May Fowles - Author and Publisher of Shameless Magazine

for more info contact: chachachicas [at] gmail [dot] com

ALL WELCOME
Cha Cha is a queer and trans positive space.

Daniel J. Levitin, author of The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature (Viking Canada) is at the U of T Bookstore Reading Series on Tuesday, September 16 at 4:00 p.m. In the Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park, Walter Hall (basement), Toronto.

This is a free event and all are welcome.

Daniel Levitin's new book showcases his daring theory of "six songs," illuminating how the brain evolved to play and listen to music in six fundamental forms — for knowledge, friendship, ceremony, joy, comfort, and love. Levitin shows how music and dance enabled the social bonding and friendship necessary for human culture and society to evolve.

Free-Hand Books is launching four new titles on Wednesday, September 17th at 7:30 p.m. Head to Clinton's to celebrate the launch of Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott, It’s Hard Being Queen: The Dusty Springfield Poems by Jeanette Lynes, Mother Superior by Saleema Nawaz and Pathologies, by Susan Olding. Music by PorkBelly Futures.

The Decadent Rare Series will be broadcast live, online, via web streaming by The Supermarket in partnership with http://www.synclive.com. Tune in at 7.30pm on Wednesday, September 17th!

This is the first event in the Decadent Rare series. The series will occur every three months, and it offers musicians and writers an opportunity to work together. This event is co-curated by performer Ciara Adams and poet a. rawlings. The event features Natalie Zina Walschots, Sule (SouLay) Heitner, Sean Dixon and Ciara Adams.

Acclaimed writer Lisa Foad hosts "C is for Cox & Coyote", an evening with two of Canada's finest queer storytellers, Daniel Allen Cox and Ivan Coyote. Cox will perform "Unzip 101: The Fine Art of Shucking Your Pants" to launch his novel about a street hustler, Shuck (Arsenal Pulp Press). Why did Coyote return to her short story roots in the collection, The Slow Fix (Arsenal Pulp)? It's a long story but she will relay it with aplomb during a conversation with Foad.

Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St W, Toronto
Wed, Sept 17 at 7:30 (doors 7:00 p.m.) free

The official launch of The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food (Between the Lines) by Wayne Roberts is on Thursday, September 18 at Toronto Sprouts, 720 Bathurst Street (just south of Bloor and Honest Ed's), Toronto. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., with short and sparkling presentations by local food enthusiasts around 7:30 p.m.

Sheree-Lee Olson will sign copies of her book, Sailor Girl, on Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20. Signings at 6:00 p.m. both days. The signings will take place at the Canadian Corps Association by the Welland Canal.

Sheree-Lee Olson was born in Picton, Ontario, a town on the shores of Lake Ontario. She has three university degrees, in fine arts, philosophy and journalism, financed largely by working on Great Lakes freighters. In 1985, she joined The Globe and Mail as an editor, and in 2007--08 she was a Canadian Journalism Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto.

Award-winning playwright and novelist Claudia Dey hosts "Kids Can Day".

To launch Sir Reginald's Logbook, a tale of an armchair adventurer's quest for a "lost tablet of illusion", Matt Hammill will deliver a powerpoint show. Irene Luxbacher will guide the group through a few of the projects in her celebrated quartet of Starting Art books. Partner: Kids Can Press.

At the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto
Saturday, September 20 at 9:00 a.m. (doors 8:30 am) free

The Hart House Literary and Library Committee, in conjunction with the Ethics and Narrative symposium hosted by the Jackman Centre for the Humanities and the Centre for Ethics, welcome authors Mark Kingwell and Jan Zwicky, reading from recent works.

Saturday, September 20, at 7:00 p.m. The event is free, open to all, and takes place in the Hart House Library, second floor of Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto.

The Words Alive Literary Festival features workshops, contests and readings. The festival is on September 21 from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Visit the festival website for details.

Speakers and Performers at the Festival Include:

• Allan Briesmaster – poet and publisher
• Allyson Latta – literary editor conducting a memoir workshop
• Anthony De Sa – “…an astonishing talent,” says Wayson Choy
• Barry Dempster – award-winning poet and author
• Beverley Stone – reading from her acclaimed debut novel
• bill bissette – unconventional, perhaps anti-conventional, poet

Is there a recurring frustration or a block that keeps throwing itself at you? This three-hour intensive workshop is for people who have come up against a block, either personally, professionally or as writers. It includes a talk about blocks, frustrations, and the tactics we use to avoid/deal with situations. Let some air into those stuck places through a variety of in-class writing exercises, and open the door to new directions.

Sunday September 21st, 2-5pm
Before Sept 14: $75; After $85
Snacks will be provided.
Danforth and Greenwood area
To register contact ronnabloom [at] gmail [dot] com

Maureen Jennings will be reading and signing copies of The K Handshape at the Words Alive Literary Festival in Sharon on September 31 at 1:00 p.m.

Book launch and art show for Time Is When (Tundra Books), written by Beth Gleick and illustrated by Marthe Jocelyn, is at Type Books on Sunday, September 21 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Beth Gleick published this book in 1960 to explain the concepts of time to her three-year-old son, James. Not only did Time Is When explain the concept of time to James, it cultivated his own fascination with the subject. James Gleick went on to write best-selling adult books on time, including Chaos and Faster.

To what extent does our past determine our future? Internationally acclaimed author Edeet Ravel will discuss how such existential concerns inform the relationships at the centre of her new novel, Your Sad Eyes and Unforgettable Mouth (Penguin Group Canada), with Cynthia Good, Director, Creative Book Publishing Program, Humber College. Special co-presenter: The Koffler Centre of the Arts.

At the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St W, Toronto
Tuesday, September 23, 7:30 p.m. (doors 7:00 p.m.) free

Jason Camlot (The Debaucher, Insomniac Press), Sharon Thesen (The Good Bacteria, Anansi) and Iggy McGovern (King of Suburbia, Dedalus Press) are reading at the Art Bar Poetry Series at Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Tuesday, September 23 at 8:00 p.m.

Zoocheck Canada Rob Laidlaw, author of Wild Animals in Captivity, will be speaking to Toronto-area elementary students at the Yorkdale Indigo. He hopes, through an interactive discussion, to get the children asking the important questions: Do the giraffes have enough space to roam around? Are the polar bears suffering because it’s hot and humid? Why are the lions pacing back and forth?

On September 24, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Yorkdale Indigo, 3401 Dufferin Street, Toronto.

Author Anne Dublin (June Calwood: A Life of Action, Second Story Press) is reading at the S. Walter Stewart Branch of the Toronto Public Library as part of the TPL’s 30th anniversary celebration of their adult literacy program.

September 24 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
S. Walter Stewart Branch (TPL), 170 Memorial Park Avenue, Toronto.

Anne Dublin works as a teacher-librarian in Toronto. She has previously written historical fiction novels, short stories, articles, and poetry. June Callwood: A Life in Action is her third biography.

Author Anne Dublin (June Calwood: A Life of Action, Second Story Press) is reading at the Parliament of the Toronto Public Library as part of the TPL’s 30th anniversary celebration of their adult literacy program.

September 24 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Parliament Branch (TPL), 269 Gerrard St. East, Toronto.

Anne Dublin works as a teacher-librarian in Toronto. She has previously written historical fiction novels, short stories, articles, and poetry. June Callwood: A Life in Action is her third biography.

Celebrate the launch of Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction For Real Girls (Sumach Press), a young-adult anthology of short stories edited by Jocelyn Shipley & Deb Loughead.

Featuring writing by Robin Stevenson, Kelle Ngan, Anna Warje, Claire Tacon, Marc'ee Merrell, Ann Sutherland, Karen Krossing, Anne Ptasknik, Patricia McGowan, Jennifer Filipowicz, Amanda Heartly, Lisabeth Jackson and Ev Bishop on the topic of body image.

The party will be at the Canadian Children's Book Centre (Suite 101, 40 Orchard View Blvd., Toronto) on Wednesday, September 24th from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m..

'Mocktails' such as 'cleave-tinis' will be served along with mini-cupcakes and other foods featured in the book!

Celebrate the launch of Louisa McCormack's new book The Catch (Key Porter) as she and Nathalie Atkinson, style columnist for The National Post, talk Literature, Fashion, Single Living and the Aging of Generation X. At Type Books, 883 Queen Street, West, Toronto. On Wednesday, September 24 at 6:00 p.m.

The Catch is the highly anticipated follow-up to Louisa McCormack’s debut novel, Six Weeks to Toxic. Vanity Fair gave high praise to Six Weeks to Toxic, saying: “…Louisa McCormack’s witty debut…dramatizes the rarely explored yet universal story of a friendship’s demise.”

Zoocheck Canada founder Rob Laidlaw will be giving a talk to launch Wild Animals in Captivity, the first-ever non-fiction book for kids that looks critically at zoos.

On the evening of September 24th, Laidlaw will host a general-audience talk titled "The Bond Between Us: Reflections on the Human-Animal Relationship". He'll be joined by polar bear expert Else Poulsen and author Elizabeth Abbott (Sugar: A Bittersweet History). The event is an evening of readings, discussion, and visual imagery. Proceeds and book sales will benefit Zoocheck Canada.

To mark the release of Jeremiah, Ohio (House of Anansi), the politically charged, long poem which pairs the Biblical prophet Jeremiah with the everyman companion, Bruce, on a road trip through the strip malls and back roads of the United States, Adam Sol will have a spirited chat with esteemed poet Darren Wershler. The evening will be hosted by noted journalist and poet Damian Rogers. A This Is Not A Reading Series event.

At the Gladstone Hotel 2nd Floor Gallery, 1214 Queen St W, Toronto
Wed, Sept 24 at 7:30 p.m. (doors 7:00 p.m.) free

Brenda Iijima and Erin Moure will be reading at the final installment of the Test Reading Series, v1, a Mercer Union-Test-Toronto Free Gallery co-production
at the Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor Street West, Toronto.

Free (Donations for the readers gratefully accepted).

Sponsored by the Toronto Arts Council through the League of Canadian Poets

More information at www.testreading.org

The Porcupine's Quill invites you to a book launching at Book Stage for A Wood Engraver's Alphabet: An ABEECEEDIERY by G. Brender a Brandis. At Book Stage Bookshop, 126 Waterloo Street S., Stratford. Thursday, September 25 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Coach House Books and Vehicule Press launch two new geographically based nonfiction titles in Toronto. Anik See launches Saudade: The Possibilities of Place and Mary Soderstrom launches The Walkable City: From Haussmann's Boulevards to Jane Jacobs' Streets and Beyond.

The launch is at TYPE Books, 883 Queen Street West, Toronto, on Thursday, September 25 at 7:00 p.m. Free.

The launch of An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama (ECW Press) by David Olive is on Saturday, September 27 at 5:00 p.m. at The Crooked Cue, 3056 Bloor Street West, Toronto.

5:00pm – 7:00pm — Reception
7:00pm — David Olive will lead a discussion about Barack Obama

An American Story presents the full text of twenty-one of Barack Obama’s speeches, insight into his story, and details of his rise in the presidential campaign.

Nathan Whitlock will be reading from his novel, A Week of This (ECW Press), at the EYE WEEKLY Music Stage at The Word On The Street. September 28 from 4:30 to 5:15.

Go to The Word on the Street's Schedule at a Glance for event details and a full list of authors and performers.

The Proud Voices Tent at The Word on the Street is co-presented with Pride Toronto.

11:00 to 11:30 a.m. -- Heather Jopling, author of The Not-So-Only Child (NickName Press).

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Martin Hunter, author of Young Hunting (ECW Press).

12:00 to 12:30 p.m. - Storytelling with evalyn parry

12:30 to 1:00 p.m. - RM Vaughan, author of Troubled (Coach House Books).

1:00 to 1:30 p.m. - Shani Mootoo, author of Valmiki's Daughter

1:30 to 2:00 p.m. - Toronto Poetry Slam

Ideaspace Young Adult Marquee at The Word On The Street features readings, workshops and seminars for youth ages 12 to 18.

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Alexander Herman, Paul Matthews and Andrew Feindel (Kickstart, Dundurn Press)

12:00 to 1:00 p.m. – Discussion panel with Alan Stratton (Chanda's Wars, HarperCollins), Bilaal Rajan (Making Change: Tips from an Underage Overachiever, Orca Books) and Adrian Bradbury ( When Elephants Fight Orca Books)

1:00 to 1:30 p.m. – Mariko Tamaki (Skim, Groundwood Books)

1:30 to 2:00 p.m. – Kristyn Dunnion (Big Big Sky, Red Deer Press)

Head to the Word on the Street in Toronto to meet Tundra authors Edo van Belkom (Wolf Man), Shane Peacock (Death in the Air), Rick Jacobson & Laura Fernandez (The Master's Apprentice), Karen Patkau (Creatures Yesterday and Today), Jane Drake and Ann Love (Alien Invaders), Marthe J

Author and musician Chris Eaton (The Grammar Architect, Insomniac Press, 2005) will be reading from his novel in progress and performing some new songs at the EYE WEEKLY Music Stage at The Word on the Street on September 28 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Queen's Park, Toronto.

The Diaspora Dialogues Tent at The Word On The Street examines Toronto's neighbourhoods through readings and other performances. The Word On The Street is on Sunday, September 28. The Diaspora Dialogues Tent runs from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

11:00 to 12:15 p.m. – The Annex and Downtown - Drew Hayden Taylor, Maria Corbett, Rishma Dunlop and Catherine Govier

12:15 to 1:30 p.m. – Downtown West and Brampton - Anthony De Sa, Gili Haimovich, Kyo Maclear and Pratap Reddy

1:30 to 2:45 p.m. – The Beaches, Gerrard and Broadview and Scarborough – Ken Babstock, Marge Lam and Dianne Scott

2:45 to 4:00 p.m. – North of Steeles – David Bezmozgis, Shyam Selvadurai and Robert Carr

4:00 to 5:00 p.m. – Toronto – Daniel David Moses, Yiwei Hu and Naya Valdellon

Alex Herman, Paul Matthews and Andrew Feindel, the authors of Kickstart: How Successful Canadians Got Started, will be at the Ideaspace Young Adult Marquee at The Word on the Street on Sunday, September 28 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Go to The Word on the Street's Schedule at a Glance for a full list of authors and performers.

The Children's Activity Tent at The Word on the Street includes crafts and presentations by several authors, illustrators and performers.

11:00 to 11:30 a.m. - Jane Drake and Ann Love, authors of Alien Invaders (Tundra Books)

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Jeremy Tankard, author of Me Hungry! (Candlewick)

12:15 to 12:45 p.m. - Charles Patcher, author of M is for Moose (Cormorant Books)

1:00 to 1:45 p.m. - Little Fingers Music

At the Children's Reading Tent at The Word on the Street, authors and illustrators present children's books published in 2008:

11:00 to 11:15 a.m. -- Tera Johnson and Tania Howells, author and illustrator of Berkeley's Barn Owl Dance (Kids Can Press).

11:15 to 11:30 a.m. – Andrea Beck, author of Buttercup's Lovely Day.

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Bill Slavin, illustrator of Stanley at Sea (Kids Can Press).

The Great Books Marquee at The Word On The Street features readings by authors of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. The Word On The Street is on Sunday, September 28. The Great Books Marquee runs from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

11:00 to 11:30 a.m. – Terry Fallis (The Best Laid Plans, Emblem Editions)

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Jonathan Bennett (Entitlement, ECW Press)

12:00 to 12:30 p.m. – Adam Sol (Jeremiah Ohio, Anansi)

12:30 to 1:00 p.m. – Claudia Dey (Stunt, Coach House Books)

EYE WEEKLY Music Stage at The Word On The Street features interactive segments on music-related books. The Word On The Street is on Sunday, September 28. The EYE WEEKLY Music Stage runs from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

11:00 to 11:45 a.m. – Chris Eaton, Open Book's September WIR and author of The Grammar Architect (Insomniac Press)

11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. – Forrest City Lovers (music)

12:30 to 1:15 p.m. - $100 (music)

Head to the Bestsellers Stage at The Word On The Street on September 28 to hear some of Canada's literary luminaries read from their work. The stage runs from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

11:00 to 11:45 a.m. – Joy Fielding, author of Charley's Web (DoubleDay)
11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Andrew Pyper, author of The Killing Circle (DoubleDay)
12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. – James Orbinski, author of An Imperfect Offering (DoubleDay)
1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Neil Bissoondath, author of The Soul of All Great Designs (Cormorant Books)
2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. – Austin Clarke, author of More (Thomas Allen)

On Sunday, September 28, Terry West will be reading from his 2007 Northern "Lit" Award winning book Run of the Town (General Store Publishing) at 11:30 a.m. at the Word On The Street festival, Victoria Park, Kitchener.

Christina Kilbourne will be launching her new YA novel, They Called Me Red, at Chapters in Newmarket (17440 Yonge Street) on September 28, 2008 between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. As part of a fundraiser for the OSPCA, all proceeds from book sales that day go to protecting animals from cruelty, neglect and abuse. Fellow Lobster Press author, Kimberly Joy Peters will also be reading from and signing copies of her new book, Posing as Ashley.

Zoe Whittall, author of Bottle Rocket Hearts (Cormorant Books) is reading at the Proud Voices Tent at The Word On The Street in Queen's Park on Sunday, September 28 from 3:30 to 4:00 p.m.

In his new novel, More (Thomas Allen), Giller Prize-winning novelist Austin Clarke paints a portrait of the challenges facing a black single mother raising a teenaged son. Does this portrait accurately reflect the lives of his protagonist's real-life counterparts in today's Toronto? Clarke will have a thought-provoking exchange about such matters with Garvia Bailey of CBC Radio's Big City, Small World. A This Is Not A Reading Series event.

At the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St W, Toronto
Mon, Sept 29 at 7:30 p.m. (doors 7:00 p.m.) free

Ray Robertson, author of What Happened Later, is a guest on the Toronto Public Library's online book club, BookBuzz. Robertson is blogging with BookBuzz and is available to answer readers' questions about his writing. He will be a guest on BookBuzz throughout September.

Read more about Ray Robertson at his website, www.rayrobertson.com.

Tish Cohen (Inside Out Girl, HarperCollins), Musharraf Ali Farooqi (The Story of a Widow, Knopf Canada) and Patrick Lane (Red Dog, Red Dog, McClelland & Stewart) are reading at Hart House Library, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, on Tuesday, September 30 at 7:30 p.m. FREE.

A U of T Bookstore Reading Series event.

Roo Boorson (Personal History, Pedlar Press, 2008), Joanne Page (Watermarks, Pedlar Press, 2008) and Douglas Burnet Smith
(Sister Prometheus: Discovering Marie Curie, Wolsak and Wynn, 2008) are reading at the Grey Borders Reading Series in St. Catharines at the Niagara Artists' Centre, 354 St. Paul Street. Tuesday, September 30, doors Open 7:30.

Grey Borders will also be celebrating the launch of the launch of PRECIPICe 16.1.

RM Vaughan Troubled, Coach House Books), Marilyn Gear Pilling (Cleavage: A Life in Breasts, Black Moss Press) and Eric Miller A Day in Moss, Fitzhenry and Whiteside) are reading at the Art Bar Poetry Series at Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Tuesday, September 30 at 8:00 p.m.

Pedlar Nuit at the Victory Cafe is on October 1 at 7:30 p.m.

The Pedlar Press authors reading are: Roo Borson, Stan Dragland, Brian Henderson, Maureen Scott Harris, Nathaniel G. Moore, Joanne Page, Stan Rogal and Sara Tilley.

Karen Connelly (The Lizard Cage, Vintage Canada), Dennis Lee (Yesno, Anansi) and Susan Perly (Love Street, The Porcupine's Quill) are reading on the opening night of the second season of the Rowers Pub Reading Series on October 1 from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m.

The Rowers Pub Reading Series is at Harbord House, 150 Harbord Street, Toronto. www.rowerspubreadingseries.com.

Fiendish fashion, fearless vampire killers, and a devilish Hollywood twist...
Join ECW and Derek McCormack for the launch of his phantasmagorical new novel The Show that Smells. At Trash Palace, 89-B Niagara Street (down the alley, follow the sandwich board to the back door entrance), Toronto. On Thursday, October 2 at 7:00 p.m.

Free admission! Inexpensive bar and goodies! Books for sale!
RSVP to simon [at] ecwpress [dot] com

Samantha Warwick will launch her new novel Sage Island (Brindle & Glass) at Over Joy Lounge, 884 Queen Street East, Toronto on October 2 at 7:00 p.m. The evening also features two other novelists, Jessica Westhead (Pulpy & Midge, Coach House Books) and Claudia Dey (Stunt, Coach House Books).

Hosted by Alex Boyd

What is "graphic poetry"? Does it combine words and images in a manner unlike its more familiar cousin, the graphic novel? Sandra Kasturi and David Clink will co-host "Graphic Language", a joint launch designed to shed light on such perennial aesthetic riddles. Paola Poletto and Jake Kennedy assembled a collection of graphic poetry, Boredom Fighters (Tightrope Books). Sean Stanley and Kristi-Ly Green collaborated on a graphic novel, Etcetera and Otherwise (Tightrope Books). After moderating a group discussion with these four creators, Kasturi and Clink will turn their microphones over to a "graphic poetry slam".