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Philip Slayton launches Lawyers Gone Bad

Philip Slayton launched his book Lawyers Gone Bad (Penguin Canada) at Ben McNally Books on Bay Street in Toronto on Sept. 18. Robert Fulford buys a book off of a just-starting-out-in-the-biz Ben McNally. The Globe ... Read More »

September 19, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Nigel Dickson launches Stand Still

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Award-winning photographer Nigel Dickson launched Stand Still (Key Porter Books), a selection of his portraits, at Prego restaurant in midtown Toronto on Sept. 18. Outgoing Toronto Life editor John Macfarlane and Nigel Dickson are clearly ... Read More »

September 19, 2007 | Filed under: Events

YA authors at the 2007 Eden Mills Writers' Festival

By Q&Q Staff

A clutch of YA authors read at this year's Eden Mills Writers' Festival on Sept. 8. (Photos by Clare Hitchens/EMWF) Drew Hayden Taylor reads to the crowd, while author Emily Pohl-Weary (in Terminator shades) waits ... Read More »

September 18, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Flickr photo roundup: Book Camp, Paul Watson, and Other Goose

By Q&Q Staff

Here's a quick roundup of some recent event photos posted in the Q&Q Flickr pool: Photographer Fleur-Ange Lamothe posted a couple of images from Brantford Book Camp 2007. It was a three-day event in mid-August ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Garden party launch for Hugh Brewster's Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

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Author Hugh Brewster launched his latest book, Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose (Kids Can Press) in a Rosedale garden, connecting to the book's subject, a painting of little girls in a garden by John Singer Sargent. ... Read More »

September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Events

M.G. Vassanji launches The Assassin's Song

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Two-time Giller winner M.G. Vassanji launched his new novel, The Assassin's Song (Doubleday Canada), within the cramped-yet-stylish confines of Xacutti in Toronto's Little Italy on Sept. 10. Andrew Pyper chats with Doubleday Canada publisher Maya ... Read More »

September 11, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Launch for Mary Novik's novel Conceit

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Author Mary Novik celebrated the launch of her first novel, Conceit (Doubleday Canada), at Cafe TrafiQ in West Vancouver on Sept. 8. (Photos courtesy of Keir Novik) Mary Novik reads from Conceit. The assembled crowd ... Read More »

September 11, 2007 | Filed under: Events

The Coach House open house

By Q&Q Staff

Coach House Books held its annual open house on Thursday, Sept. 6, inviting all and sundry to a get-together at its editorial/printing offices in downtown Toronto. Coach House owner Stan Bevington celebrates good times. Author ... Read More »

September 7, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Toronto Book Awards

By Q&Q Staff

Michael Redhill's novel Consolation was the winner at this year's Toronto Book Awards presented at the Toronto Reference Library. (Photos by Michaela Cornell) Sally Gibson, whose book Inside Toronto was shortlisted, is congratulated by David ... Read More »

September 6, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Puff's creator comes to Canada

By Q&Q Staff

"Puff, the Magic Dragon" co-writer Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul, and Mary) was in Toronto in late August to promote a new picture book based on the classic song. Canadian distributor Canadian Manda Group squired ... Read More »

August 27, 2007 | Filed under: Events

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