All of the authors shortlisted for this year's Trillium Book Awards read and were feted at an event held on June 11 in the Brigantine Room at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre. Poet Margaret Christakos with Dennis ... Read More »
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The Griffin Poetry Prize gala was held in Toronto's Distillery District last night, and as usual it was a lavish, well-attended affair. The big-time celebrity quotient seemed lower than in the past, however, and you ... Read More »
June 5, 2008 | Filed under: Events
Alan Twigg, author of Full-Time: A Soccer Story (McCLelland & Stewart), presents the jersey that was featured on the book's cover to Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame representative and Canada Soccer Centre co-founder William Hoyle ... Read More »
Authors Andre Alexis, Anthony De Sa, and Joseph Kertes all read at an event hosted by A Different Drummer Books and Bryan Prince at the Gallery on the Bay in Hamilton, Ontario, on May 27. ... Read More »
The long-planned statue of poet Al Purdy was unveiled in Queen's Park in Toronto yesterday with much brouhaha and clicking of cameras. The statue is the brainchild of Scott Griffin, who enlisted the help of ... Read More »
ECW Press launched The Lucky Ones: Our Stories of Adopting Children from China, edited by Ann Rauhala, at an event held at Ryerson University on May 10. (All photos courtesy of ECW Press.) ECW senior ... Read More »
May 14, 2008 | Filed under: Events
Authors Paul Quarrington, David Adams Richards, and Emily Perkins all read and spoke at an event held at the Leander Boat Club in Hamilton, Ontario, Monday, May 5, 2008. The event was hosted by bookseller ... Read More »
In case you hadn't heard, tomorrow (May 3) is the seventh annual Free Comic Book Day, and comic book shops across the country will be handing out gratis goodies to all comers. Torontoist has a ... Read More »
May 2, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events
The nominees for this year's BC Book Prizes were feted at a shindig held April 19 in Vancouver. The winners will be named at the prize gala on Saturday, April 26. (Photos courtesy of kc ... Read More »
On April 14, David Macfarlane launched T0ronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books) with the help of a panel of (municipally) talking heads. The event happened at The Gladstone Hotel in Toronto (where else?) as ... Read More »
April 18, 2008 | Filed under: Events
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