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The Implied Author Part IV: Signings: The Agony and the Ecstasy

Mark Blagrave

From the Cormorant Books blog. This is the fourth installment in a series of original posts by Silver Salts author Mark Blagrave.

In my (admittedly limited) experience, book signings come in two basic temperatures: Hot and Cold. The Hot are usually associated with readings; the Cold, with random appearances in bookstores. Signees at the hot ones are there on purpose. They know something of the book, even if it’s only what you have just read to them five minutes ago. Signees at the cold ones are more likely to be there by accident.

Photos from the Launch for Belonging and Banishment

Last night, the launch for Belonging and Banishment: Being Muslim in Canada (TSAR Publications) was held at the Gladstone Hotel as a This Is Not A Reading Series event. Editor Natasha Bakht moderated a panel discussion between Syed Mohamed Mehdi, Anver Emon and Haroon Siddiqui.

Images courtesy of TSAR Publications and Pages Bookstore/Chris Reed.


A Carpenter and a Holton Walk into the Gladstone Hotel...

Two Montreal authors launched their latest books in Toronto on November 17: J. R. Carpenter, Words the Dog Knows (Conundrum), and Emily Holton, Dear Canada Council / Our Starland (Conundrum). Now in this exclusive web interview, Emily Holton and J.R. Carpenter dig the dirt on each other and discuss their brand new books!

(Orchestrated by Nathaniel G. Moore, Toronto Literati Mob Boss and ex-Conundrum author)