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William Gibson goes to church

William Gibson was recently in Toronto to promote his new novel, Spook Country (G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin). He did an onstage interview at Bloor St. United Church as part of This Is Not A Reading Series. ... Read More »

October 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Lorna Jackson meets Marty the Marmot

By Q&Q Staff

Author, journalist, teacher, and broadcaster Lorna Jackson recently launched her new book, Cold-Cocked: On Hockey (Biblioasis), and received an endorsement from no less respected a figure than Marty the Marmot, mascot for the Victoria Salmon ... Read More »

October 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Living the dream at Rocky Mountain launch

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Rocky Mountain Books launched its anthology Adventurous Dreams, Adventurous Lives in late September at the Toronto condo of Bill Jamieson. (Photos by Michael Dubrule / courtesy of Rocky Mountain Books) Ken McGoogan, ready for action. ... Read More »

October 4, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Richard Gwyn's launch

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Media and literati gathered at Toronto's Massey Hall for the launch of the first volume of Richard Gwyn's biography of Canada's first prime minister John A. MacDonald. Jennifer Rowe, ManuLife's vice-president of corporate affairs and ... Read More »

September 27, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Bellydancing across the Israel/Palestine divide

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Jonathan Garfinkel launched his memoir Ambivalence: Crossing the Israel/Palestine Divide (Viking Canada) in Toronto on Sept. 18 with the help of a band and a bellydancer. (Photos courtesy of Penguin Canada) Musician David Buchbinder (on ... Read More »

September 27, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Rick Mercer's rant-free book launch

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Things were shoulder to shoulder and cell phone to cell phone at the launch for The Rick Mercer Report: The Book (Doubleday Canada) at Crush wine bar in downtown Toronto on Sept. 25. The crush ... Read More »

September 26, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Jessica Westhead throws an office party

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It was all ties and name tags and drunken groping at the office party-themed launch for Jessica Westhead's novel Pulpy and Midge (Coach House Books), held at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto on Sept. 25 ... Read More »

September 26, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Ben McNally Books's grand opening on Bay

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Though it had technically been open for business for most of September, Ben McNally officially opened his eponymous bookstore on Toronto's Bay Street on Sept. 24 with wine and finger food and a few dozen ... Read More »

September 25, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Michael Rowe's fatherly launch for Other Men's Sons

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Author and journalist Michael Rowe launched Other Men's Sons (Cormorant Books), a collection of his essays and profiles, at the Fly Nightclub in downtown Toronto on Sept. 18. Doubleday Canada's Tim Rostron and the Dominion ... Read More »

September 20, 2007 | Filed under: Events

George Walker bears Graphic Witness

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Artist/author George Walker launched his latest book -- he's edited Graphic Witness, an anthology of four archival graphic novels, for Firefly Books -- at David Mirvish Books in Toronto on Sept. 20. Also on hand ... Read More »

September 20, 2007 | Filed under: Events

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