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Robert Weaver remembered

An industry tribute to the late Robert Weaver, who died last Saturday at the age of 87, was held in Toronto's Massey College last night (see photo below). Though it was a small, closed gathering, ... Read More »

January 31, 2008 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Event Photos: A Golden Age and The Donut: A Canadian History

By Nathan Whitlock

Below are two photos from two recent events. Though both events were hosted by This Is Not a Reading Series and held at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel, you may detect some subtle differences between the two ... Read More »

January 30, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Small Press Book Fair spat gets ugly

By Stuart Woods

Last December, Quillblog noted a spat between Toronto Small Press Book Fair organizers Myna Wallin and Halli Villegas and one of the event's founders, poet Stuart Ross. The controversy stemmed from comments posted by Ross ... Read More »

January 22, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Photos from the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

By Nathan Whitlock

Last night, the winner of the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers was announced. This being the first year the award is sponsored by the RBC Foundation, the ceremony was held, appropriately enough, in ... Read More »

January 16, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Bookmarks: scoring in a bookstore, stealing chairs from a library, ambushing former PMs on a book tour, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: The art of the bookstore pickup (MSN.com) Ex-library director gets 10 days for stealing chairs (Cantonrep.com) Tinfoil helmet time: Chretien repeatedly ambushed by 9/11 "truthers" at book events (Canada Wants 9/11 Truth) ... Read More »

December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book links, Events

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the release of the final Harry Potter novel mere days away, the media frenzy is in full force. In The Globe and Mail on the weekend, publishing reporter James Adams looks at Canadian Potter ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Dion promises to restore public diplomacy funding

By Nathan Whitlock

Liberal party leader Stephane Dion met with a few Canadian writers last week at the Drake Hotel in Toronto and promised that a Liberal government would restore the $11.8-million in public diplomacy funding cut from ... Read More »

July 11, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

We Scream for CanLit

By Leigh Anne Williams

This year's Scream Literary Festival kicks off in Toronto tonight with a launch at the Gladstone Hotel, featuring poets Dennis Lee, Souvankham Thammavongsa, George Elliott Clarke, and Shapour Shahidi. Now in its 15th year, the ... Read More »

July 3, 2007 | Filed under: Events

BOOKED! lineup made public

By Leigh Anne Williams

Today Reed Exhibitions posted some much-awaited details on BOOKED!, the author festival that's running just before the BookExpo Canada convention and trade show next month. The most notable event is a gala tribute to horror ... Read More »

May 1, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Family Literacy Day

By Alison Jones

This Saturday, Jan. 27 is Family Literacy Day, a national event created by ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation in 1999 to promote the importance of families reading together. According to the official website, the program celebrates ... Read More »

January 24, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

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Search Results by tag: Events

Robert Weaver remembered

Event Photos: A Golden Age and The Donut: A Canadian History

Small Press Book Fair spat gets ugly

Photos from the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

Bookmarks: scoring in a bookstore, stealing chairs from a library, ambushing former PMs on a book tour, and more

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

Dion promises to restore public diplomacy funding

We Scream for CanLit

BOOKED! lineup made public

Family Literacy Day

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