As reported earlier on Quillblog, IFOA head Geoffrey Taylor has been awarded an honorary degree from the School of Creative & Performing Arts at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. The ceremony took ... Read More »
Here are some pics from recent book events: Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International, interviews Denise Chong about her book Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and ... Read More »
October 29, 2009 | Filed under: Events
Geoffrey Taylor, director of Harbourfront's Reading Series, is to receive an honorary degree from the School of Creative & Performing Arts at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. Taylor, who has been with ... Read More »
After nearly two weeks of silence surrounding negotiations between the Toronto Public Library and the Toronto Public Library Workers Union (TPLWU), it was announced today that the Ontario Ministry of Labour has granted the TPLWU ... Read More »
October 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries
Nan Forler launched her picture book Bird Child (Tundra Books) on Saturday Sept. 19 at the The Great Hall in Conrad Grebel University College in Kitchener-Waterloo. Though the birds in the book (illustrated by Francois ... Read More »
September 23, 2009 | Filed under: Events
Coach House Books held its annual Wayzgoose get-together on Sep. 3, and the turnout was excellent, as you can see from the pics below (provided by photographer Gary Mo). This year's celebration was extra merry, ... Read More »
September 9, 2009 | Filed under: Events
In advance of the 30th anniversary of the Harbourfront International Festival of Authors (IFOA XXX) this October, Authors at Harbourfront has announced the first group of events for the fall season, featuring on-stage interviews, readings, ... Read More »
In yet another sign of financial turmoil, Random House parent company Bertelsmann has cancelled its annual Frankfurt Book Fair soiree “ long a staple of the fall publishing calendar, and the one Frankfurt party everyone ... Read More »
Authors at Harbourfront Centre will host a 30th birthday tribute to Toronto indie bookstore This Ain't the Rosedale Library on Sept. 16. Torontonians are invited to celebrate the store's longevity with readings from bill bissett, ... Read More »
August 18, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events
Q&Q received a press release this morning outlining some of Penguin Canada's promotional plans for the new Bram Stoker family-endorsed Dracula sequel, Dracula: The Un-Dead, and one line in particular caught our attention: Through our ... Read More »
August 7, 2009 | Filed under: Events
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