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* Jill Battson Poetry Reading *

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:42:38 -0500

Start: 07/31/2010 - 11:00

End: 07/31/2010 - 11:00

Celebrate James Cockburn Day with Jill Battson, Cobourg's Poet Laureate. Jill will share poetry on July 31st at 11am and 1pm.

ABOUT:

Jill Battson is an internationally published poet and poetry activist. She was responsible for creating and running the successful poetry reading series The Poets’ Refuge and has initiated and produced many poetry events. She was the poetry editor for Insomniac Press from 1999 to 2001.

Foodprint Toronto

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:02:55 -0500

Start: 07/31/2010 - 12:30

End: 07/31/2010 - 12:30

Foodprint Toronto is the second in a series of international conversations about food and the city. Featuring panels on food in Toronto, with Stroll (Coach House) author, Shawn Micallef, Darren O'Donnell, Mark Fram and many more!
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Event time: 12:30 to 5 p.m.

See www.foodprintproject.com/toron... for more information

Kenk: A Graphic Portrait

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:12:10 -0500

Start: 07/31/2010 - 14:30

End: 07/31/2010 - 14:30

Author Richard Poplak and illustrator Nick Marinkovich discuss their graphic novel.

Event runs from 2:30-4 pm. Free entry.

Please call 416-393-7131 for more information.

Vagabond Trust Fundraiser for Book Culture

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:12:26 -0500

Start: 07/31/2010 - 17:00

End: 07/31/2010 - 17:00

Join The Vagabond Trust Fundraiser for Book Culture this Saturday from 5-9pm. Admission is $5 at the door and you can join the Vagabonds for a sunny summer afternoon of readings from authors including Claudia Dey, Sean Dixon, Mark Goldstein & Emily Schultz.

With a special artist talk on book culture by Charles Huisken and music by electronic folk pop trio Lovemaker!

Hosted by your ever-transient literary mischief makers Kathleen Brown, Darrah Teitel, Blair Trewartha & Georgia Webber.

July’s featured artist is Allan Harding McKay. The Vagabond Trust Toronto gratefully acknowledges the support of the Toronto Arts Council.
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Toronto: City of Words

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:56:31 -0500

Start: 08/03/2010 - 19:30

End: 08/03/2010 - 19:30

Enjoy an illustrated talk by Sarah Elton and photographer Kevin Robbins. You will experience a unique tour through Toronto’s landscapes, streets, and souls. Their illustrated book, City of Words: Toronto through Her Writers’ Eyes (Cormorant Books), opens up the city as our writers have discovered it. “There is no city that does not dream,” writes poet and novelist Anne Michaels, and City of Words is a literary key to all we’ve been and all we’re becoming.
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Tickets are $9.00.
For more information, please call 416-392-6907, x221.

Art Bar Poetry with Dwayne Morgan, Ritallin & Cadence Weapon

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:19:11 -0500

Start: 08/03/2010 - 20:00

End: 08/03/2010 - 20:00

Canada's longest running poetry-only reading series invites you to enjoy readings by Dwayne Morgan, Ritallin, and Cadence Weapon.

Entry is free. Donations are appreciated.
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For bios and more information, please see http://www.artbar.org/about.ht...

Speakout Poerty Slam

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:24:55 -0500

Start: 08/06/2010 - 19:00

End: 08/06/2010 - 19:00

A year after its first event, SPEAKout comes back to Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum with a collective of some of the best poets in the region. Its past winners, along with more talent will all be in competition for $800 in top prize, $400 in second place, and $200 in third place.

With poets from all across the nation, SPEAKout’s Summer Slam is only the beginning of much greater events and local initiatives.

For full details, please see http://www.speakoutpoetry.com/...
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Event runs from 7-10:30 pm. cost is $15 or online $12. For more info, please call 416-586-8000.

Toronto New School of Writing: Politics of Appropriation

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:26:50 -0500

Start: 08/08/2010 - 13:00

End: 08/08/2010 - 13:00

Appropriation has long existed as a practice in the avant-garde, but it seems to have new purchase amidst discussions of “flarf,” conceptual writing, file sharing and the so-called “information commons.” In this workshop, Instructor Stephen Collis will explore various appropriative writing practices—from old fashioned book sources to flarf and Google sculpting to the linguistically saturated urban environment. How do these practices differ? What are the politics of “sharing” or “stealing”? Whose property is language anyway? Whose words are we using?

READINGS:

There are three readings that will be emailed to students prior to the workshop.

REQUIREMENTS:

Bring paper, scissors, glue/tape, and a laptop. Get ready to tear a strip off this world.

Sexy Words at the Lula Lounge

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:28:29 -0500

Start: 08/08/2010 - 19:00

End: 08/08/2010 - 19:00

Enjoy Queer poetry and spoken word with Duncan Armstrong, David Bateman, Cathy Petch, Nichola Ward and others.

Starts at 7pm. Pwyc ($5 min).

Please call 416-588-0307 for more information.

Hear Hear Reading Series with Paul Vermeersch, Devon Code and Colin Frizzell

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:43:46 -0500

Start: 08/11/2010 - 19:00

End: 08/11/2010 - 19:00

Don't forget to show your lovely faces at the HEAR/HEAR Reading Series featuring Paul Vermeersch, Devon Code and Colin Frizzell. Doors open at 6:30 and readings begin at 7.

For more information, please see http://www.nowhearthis.ca/prog...

Pivot Readings at the Press Club

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:51:18 -0500

Start: 08/11/2010 - 20:00

End: 08/11/2010 - 20:00

Come on down to the Press Club to toast readers and welcome Angela Hibbs as official co-host of the series!

THE READERS:

An Evening with Jacquelyne Luce, hosted by Rachel Epstein

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:44:34 -0500

Start: 08/12/2010 - 19:30

End: 08/12/2010 - 19:30

Prevailing views about assisted conception and the status of non-traditional families have improved dramatically over the past thirty years. So, when will it get easier to become a parent?

To launch her groundbreaking study, Beyond Expectation: Lesbian/ Bi/ Queer Women and Assisted Conception (University of Toronto Press), Germany-based author and activist Jacquelyne Luce will deliver a short talk based on her findings. Rachel Epstein, Coordinator of The Sherbourne Health Centre’s LGBTQ Parenting Network, will host the evening and moderate a Q&A with the audience.

Thursday, August 12; 7:30pm (Doors 7pm) FREE

Jacquelyne Luce Book Talk

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:34:13 -0500

Start: 08/12/2010 - 19:30

End: 08/12/2010 - 19:30

To launch her groundbreaking study, Beyond Expectation: Lesbian / Bi / Queer Women and Assisted Conception (University of Toronto Press), Germany-based author and activist Jacquelyne Luce will deliver a short talk based on her findings. Rachel Epstein, Coordinator of The Sherbourne Health Centre’s LGBTQ Parenting Network, will host the evening and moderate a Q&A with the audience. – A UTP event presented with Gladstone Hotel.
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Doors 7pm. This is a free event.

More info: 416-978-2239 ext 248.

Literature for Life's Annual Book Sale

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:19:46 -0500

Start: 08/15/2010 - 09:00

End: 08/15/2010 - 09:00

The Literature for Life annual book sale is on Sunday, August 15, 2010 between 9 a.m.–1 p.m. at 28 Glengrove Avenue W. Toronto.

This year, over 1000 books of all titles and genres will be sold at only $1 each with proceeds of the book sale contributing to Literature for Life programming that benefits young mothers aged 14-29 and their children.

This year’s book sale it will be held in the young, vibrant, family-concentrated area of midtown Toronto on Sunday, August 15, 2010 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at 28 Glengrove Ave W. Toronto, ON. Rain or Shine (major intersection: Yonge and Lawrence)

Poetry & Music Night at The Art Bar

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:38:18 -0500

Start: 08/17/2010 - 20:00

End: 08/17/2010 - 20:00

Poet, Cynthia Gould invites you to bring your favourite song, and read the lyrics as a poem!

For full details, please see http://www.artbar.org/calendar...

Ben McNally Dinner Series: Camilla Gibb at Grano

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:06:00 -0500

Start: 08/18/2010 - 18:30

End: 08/18/2010 - 18:30

Join Ben McNally Books at Grano Ristorante to celebrate the publication of Camilla Gibb's new novel The Beauty of Humanity Movement (Doubleday Canada).

Tickets are $95 each. This price includes a copy of the book. Please call (416) 361-0032 to purchase tickets.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Camilla Gibb was born in London, England, and grew up in Toronto. She has a Ph.D. in social anthropology from Oxford University. Sweetness in the Belly was a national bestseller, a Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist, and winner of the Trillium Award. Her novels have been translated into fourteen languages and published to rave reviews around the world. Camilla lives in Toronto.
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Thom Vernon at Local Authors Day

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:06:38 -0500

Start: 08/22/2010 - 13:00

End: 08/22/2010 - 13:00

Open Book's July 2010 Writer in Residence, Thom Vernon, will be at Indigo at the Eaton's Centre on Sunday, August 22 at 1 p.m. for Local Authors Day. Stop by, say hi and help spread the word about his amazing novel, The Drifts (Coach House Books).