The launch of The First Man in My Life: Daughters Write About Their Fathers (Penguin Canada) took place on May 24 at Provost's Lodge in Trinity College at the University of Toronto. Many of the ... Read More »

McArthur & Company launched Barry Callaghan's new short-story collection, Between Trains, at the Turf Club in Toronto in late May. (Photos courtesy of Michael Callaghan) McArthur president Kim McArthur introduces her author. Callaghan is both ... Read More »

Book launches are rarely about the food. However, at the May 29 launch party for the new 25th anniversary edition of the much-loved The Silver Palate Cookbook (Workman Publishing/Thomas Allen & Son) at Toronto's Bistro ... Read More »

This year's National Business Book Award, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers and BMO Financial Group, went to Thomas Homer-Dixon's The Upside of Down at a ceremony in Toronto on May 14. (Photos courtesy of National Business Book ... Read More »

On Tuesday, May 15, HarperCollins Canada launched Richard Flanagan's The Unknown Terrorist. (Photos courtesy of HarperCollins Canada) Flanagan is interviewed by Russell Smith, who is either deep in thought or getting very sleepy. A pole ... Read More »

Key Porter Books launched Chantel Simmons' novel Stuck in Downward Dog with martinis and cupcakes at Kultura in Toronto. (Photos courtesy of Meisner Publicity) Author Chantel Simmons (in a frothy confection) launches her novel with ... Read More »

For the first time, the Forest of Reading. (Photos courtesy of International Readings at Harbourfront) Sean Cassidy leads an illustration workshop. They came in buses and buses and buses. The kids try out reading in ... Read More »