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Canadian literary roundup: March 30-April 5

Here are just a few events happening across the country this week: Munyonzwe Hamalengwa launches The Politics of Judicial Diversity and Transformation, A Different Booklist, Toronto (March 30, 7 p.m., free) International Children's Book Day ... Read More »

March 30, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Alice Munro’s out, Annie Proulx in at Toronto’s Luminato Festival

By Sue Carter

Organizers of Luminato, one of Toronto's biggest cultural festivals, have announced that its high-profile event with CanLit icon Alice Munro has been cancelled, due to a "family commitment." Munro, who has not made an appearance ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Slideshow: Toronto Public Library workers on strike

By Natalie Samson

Sunday marked one week that Toronto Public Library workers have been on strike. To recognize the occasion, The Writers' Union of Canada hosted a rally and read-in to support CUPE Local 4948 (the Toronto Public ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries

Canadian literary event roundup: March 23-29

By Sue Carter

Doug Harris launches paperback version of You Comma Idiot, Librarie Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal (March 23, 7 p.m., free) Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? launch Who Is the Doctor: The Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who, ... Read More »

March 23, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Joyce Carol Oates to attend Montreal’s Blue Met festival

By Stuart Woods

Prolific U.S. author Joyce Carol Oates will be among the high-profile authors attending this year's Blue Metropolis literary festival in Montreal. Oates will be in town to accept the Blue Met Literary Grand Prix, a ... Read More »

March 22, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Events

Canadian literary event roundup: March 16-22

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

From crime fiction to World Poetry Day readings, here are just a few of the events happening across the country this week: Hedges chapbook launch, Librarie Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal (March 17, 7 p.m., free) ... Read More »

March 16, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Jennifer Baichwal’s documentary Payback owes its existence to Margaret Atwood

By Sue Carter

(Photo: National Film Board of Canada) While it may be inaccurate to call Jennifer Baichwal's documentary Payback a direct adaptation of Margaret Atwood's best-selling book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (House of ... Read More »

March 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Robert Hough, Erin Bow to appear at Elora Writers’ Festival

By Natalie Samson

The Elora Writers' Festival has announced the lineup for its 19th annual event. This year's fest will feature Robert Hough, author of Dr. Brinkley's Tower (House of Anansi Press), and Erin Bow, author of Plain ... Read More »

March 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Alice Munro leads literary programming at this year’s Luminato

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Luminato, one of Toronto's biggest annual cultural festivals, has announced a rare appearance by Alice Munro, who will be interviewed onstage June 10 by Deborah Treisman, fiction editor for The New Yorker. Running from June ... Read More »

March 14, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Westmount Book Fair celebrates 20 years

By Natalie Samson

This Sunday, the Westmount Book Fair turns 20. Since 1992, Wilfrid de Freitas has brought together fellow antiquarian booksellers from Quebec and Ontario at Westmount's Selwyn House School to show off a number of gems ... Read More »

March 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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Search Results by tag: Events

Canadian literary roundup: March 30-April 5

Alice Munro’s out, Annie Proulx in at Toronto’s Luminato Festival

Slideshow: Toronto Public Library workers on strike

Canadian literary event roundup: March 23-29

Joyce Carol Oates to attend Montreal’s Blue Met festival

Canadian literary event roundup: March 16-22

Jennifer Baichwal’s documentary Payback owes its existence to Margaret Atwood

Robert Hough, Erin Bow to appear at Elora Writers’ Festival

Alice Munro leads literary programming at this year’s Luminato

Westmount Book Fair celebrates 20 years

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