Events

Way to Display! Franklin’s 25th at Mabel’s Fables

Loveably imperfect, fundamentally decent, and slightly neurotic young animal characters are pretty thick on the ground these days, but one of the true originals, Franklin the turtle, turns 25 this year. To celebrate the 25th ... Read More »

March 9, 2011 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Canadian literary event round-up, March 4-10

By Sue Carter

Here are just a few literary/book events happening around the country this week: Newfoundland's travelling poetry festival The March Hare comes to Toronto, March 4-5 (Fri. at 8 p.m., Sat. at 2 p.m., Brass Taps ... Read More »

March 4, 2011 | Filed under: Events

Way to Display! “Pink Republic” by Flavio Trevisan at Type Books

By Nathan Whitlock

Artist Flavio Trevisan has a special installation in the window of Type Books on Queen St. West in Toronto. Using millboard, fibreboard, and acrylic paint, Trevisan has created a tactile map of downtown Toronto “ ... Read More »

March 2, 2011 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Event photos: Emma Forrest, James Bartleman, and Joy Fielding at Authors at Harbourfront

By Nathan Whitlock

On Feb. 24, Emma Forrest, James Bartleman, and Joy Fielding took to the stage (not all at once) at Toronto's Authors at Harbourfront series to read from their new books. (Photos courtesy of Random House ... Read More »

February 25, 2011 | Filed under: Events

Freedom to Read Week event round-up

By Sue Carter

Much of the debate preceding this year's national Freedom to Read Week (Feb. 20-26) has focused on Alabama publisher NewSouth Books' edited version of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. No doubt this sensitive ... Read More »

February 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries

Event photos: This Child, Every Child launch with ONEXONE

By Nathan Whitlock

On Family Literacy Day (Jan. 27), Kids Can Press hosted a special breakfast book launch for David J. Smith and Shelagh Armstrong's picture book This Child, Every Child at its new home in the Corus ... Read More »

January 28, 2011 | Filed under: Events

Vancouver writers festival, library launch reading series

By Natalie Samson

The Vancouver International Writers Festival has teamed up with the Vancouver Public Library to offer Incite, a new reading series set to launch later this month. The bimonthly events will feature a variety of Canadian ... Read More »

January 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries

Way to Display! C’est NoÃ«l, David! at Indigo in Montreal

By Nathan Whitlock

That's right: it's the holiday edition of Way to Display!, with a too-cool-for-yule display for C'est NoÃ«l, David! (Scholastic Canada), ... Read More »

December 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Event photos: Vancouver gets steampunk’d by Scott Westerfeld

By Nathan Whitlock

On Nov. 24, author Scott Westerfeld was in Vancouver to promote Behemoth, the second volume in his YA steampunk trilogy, Leviathan, which is illustrated by Canada's Keith Thompson. (Photos courtesy of Simon & Schuster) Westerfeld ... Read More »

December 8, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Event photo: Claudia Dey launches How to be a Bush Pilot

By Nathan Whitlock

Claudia Dey launched her sex-advice book, How to Be a Bush Pilot (HarperCollins Canada), at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Nov. 10. The launch featured live music and an onstage chat between Dey and author Michael ... Read More »

November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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Way to Display! Franklin’s 25th at Mabel’s Fables

Canadian literary event round-up, March 4-10

Way to Display! “Pink Republic” by Flavio Trevisan at Type Books

Event photos: Emma Forrest, James Bartleman, and Joy Fielding at Authors at Harbourfront

Freedom to Read Week event round-up

Event photos: This Child, Every Child launch with ONEXONE

Vancouver writers festival, library launch reading series

Way to Display! C’est NoÃ«l, David! at Indigo in Montreal

Event photos: Vancouver gets steampunk’d by Scott Westerfeld

Event photo: Claudia Dey launches How to be a Bush Pilot

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