October 21 – 31, 2009
Doors Open: 6:00pm
Tickets: 416-973-4000
(Harbourfront Centre Box Office, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. The Box Office is open Tuesday - Saturday, 1pm to 6pm; 8pm on evenings with events. There is no service charge for in-person purchases).
Rana Bose, Chris Knopf, Molly Peacock
A McGill scholar discovers a world of political and intellectual conspiracies; Sam Aquillo unearths some ugly secrets; and a wife explores the ways we love. James Grainger hosts.
Wednesday, April 8
Doors Open:
7:30pm
Brigantine Room
Glen Downie, Geoff Dyer, Kathryn Stockett
Three books that have already commanded headlines both at home and abroad. Downie's collection won the Toronto Book Award; Dyer's fourth novel has already received raves in the UK; and Stockett's debut has drawn praise from the New York Times to People.
Wednesday, April 15
Doors Open:
7:30pm
Brigantine Room
Ben McNally Travellers Series
Angus Bell, Mark Richardson, Peter Unwin. World-class authors Angus Bell, Mark Richardson and Peter Unwin share tales of worldwide travel at this bi-annual event. Pack your imagination; leave your passport at home. Ben McNally hosts.
Wednesday, April 22
Doors Open:
7:30pm
Brigantine Room
A.S. Byatt interviewed by Eleanor Wachtel
The Grande Dame of English letters A.S. Byatt reads from her new novel and is interviewed by Eleanor Wachtel. Rachel Harry hosts. more ...
Tuesday, April 28
Doors Open:
7:30pm
Brigantine Room
Venue: Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts and Humanities 314 St. Patrick Street.
April 22-May 2 (spring Events)
October 21 – 31, 2009 (Fall Edition)
Tickets: 613-562-1243
Michael Ignatieff, Adrienne Clarkson, Patrick Lane, Margaret MacMillan, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Giles Blunt, Meir Shalev, and Ursula K. Le Guin, recipient of the inaugural Global Imagination Award.
(or visit Nicholas Hoare Books, 419 Sussex Drive, or Collected Works, 1242 Wellington St. West.)
October 20 - 25, 2009
October 13-19, 2009
April 23-26, 2009
April 22-26, 2009
September 20-27, 2009
April 17th kicks off a return of this popular Keep Toronto Reading series.
(TORONTO) Diaspora Dialogues and Toronto Public Library team up for the fourth year in a row to jam the Palmerston Library theatre with fantastic writers and performers as part of Toronto Public Library’s Keep Toronto Reading.
This quirky community-based theatre space has played host to the city’s arts groups for decades, watching hipster venues comes and go, as all the while the subway rumbles underneath. Once a year, Diaspora Dialogues returns to this iconic venue in the Annex, bringing with them a lineup of Toronto’s best writers, dramatists, poets and actors with an audience determined to have fun. Come early, as the seats fill fast on these nights.
April 17 features fiction by Griffin nominee Priscila Uppal (To Whom It May Concern) and emerging writer Michelle Da Cruz; nonfiction by Martha Baillie (The Shape I Gave You); spoken word by Amani; and comedy by the hilarious Fade to Brown, Toronto’s first and only "brown" sketch comedy team.
April 24 brings fiction by Giller nominee Anthony De Sa (Barnacle Love) and emerging writer Cesar Polvorosa Jr; poetry by Sonja Ruth Greckol (Gravity Matters); spoken word by the M.A.D. Poet; and drama by emerging playwright Sarena Parmar.
May 1 caps off our series with readings by Governor General Award winner Nino Ricci (The Origin of the Species), Lorna Goodison (From Harvey River), Sherri Vanderveen (Absent) and emerging writers Yvette Trancoso and Leah Jane Esau; and spoken word by Eva Rose Tabobondung.
WHAT: Friday Nights with Diaspora Dialogues (part of Keep Toronto Reading)
WHEN: Fridays, April 17, 24, and May 1 – 7:00 pm
WHERE: Palmerston Branch – 560 Palmerston Avenue (Bloor & Bathurst)
COST: Free
CONTACT: Julia Chan, julia@diasporadialogues.com, 416-944-1101 x 277
Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society supports the creation and presentation of new fiction, poetry and drama that reflect the complexity of the city through the eyes of its richly diverse writers. Diaspora Dialogues is supported by Maytree, Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, the George Cedric Metcalf Foundation, and TO Live With Culture. www.diasporadialogues.com
Come celebrate the book in all its forms. This April, join Toronto Public Library for Keep Toronto Reading, a month-long showcase of books and culture including Everybody's Reading One Book (Glen Downie's Loyalty Management). Enjoy an exciting line-up of free events, performances and discussions at library branches and partner locations throughout the city. www.keeptorontoreading.ca
350 Victoria Avenue, Montreal Tel: 514-488-9558
(Commuter Train, Vendome metro, Bus: 24, 63, 138)
Producer/host Ilona Martonfi Tel 514-939-4173
ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca
An Evening of Poetry, Prose & Music
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Doors open 6:30 pm Reading 7:00 pm
At the door $5
Carolyn Zonailo is Founder of Caitlin Press. The Moon with Mars in her Arms, (Ekstasis Editions, 2006) is her eleventh book.
Sheri-D Wilson Formidable Spoken Word pioneer, the Mama of Dada, is always at the forefront of the poetic innovation. www.sheridwilson.com
Ian Ferrier is one of the core writer/performers in the North American performance literature scene. His CD, ‘What is This Place’, was released by Bongobeat Records, 2007.
Moe Clark explores language by fusing inspirations in jazz, hip hop & circle singing with the written word, her art is formed: spoken word song.
Fortner Anderson has published several audio recordings of his work & has read in Canada, the United States & Europe. www.fortneranderson.com
Kaie Kellough Word sound systemizer, lit syncopator, author Lettricity & co-editor Talking Book. Has inked & voiced his way from BC to QC.
Ilona Martonfi is a poet, editor and producer/host of The Yellow Door & Visual Arts Centre Readings. Her Blue Poppy is forthcoming with Coracle Press.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Doors Open 7:00 pm
Reading 7:30 pm At the door $5
www.visualartscentre.ca
Stephen Morrissey. His latest collection of poems Girouard Avenue, forthcoming 2009. Visit www.stephenmorrissey.ca
Sharon H. Nelson has written for stage, film, newspapers, journals, & technical publications. This Flesh These Words is her ninth book of poems.
Fortner Anderson has published several audio recordings of his work & has read in Canada, the United States & Europe. Visit www.fortneranderson.com
H. Nigel Thomas Author of Spirits in the Dark (novel), finalist for the QWF Prize, Behind the Face of Winter (novel), Moving through Darkness (poetry).
Katharine Beeman published with The Muses’ Company, forthcoming with Poetas, joint editor of Borderless Skies, a Canadian-Cuban anthology.
Paul Serralheiro Poet & musician; published in small presses, he is a regular contributor of jazz writing to La Scena Musicale and other periodicals.
Steven Mayoff lives on PEI. His first fiction collection, Fatted Calf Blues, was published this year by Turnstone Press.
March 12, 2009
That Tune Clutches my Heart shortlisted for The Ethel Wilson
Fiction Prize
January 22, 2009
Robert Bringhurst wins American Printing history Association Award
February 10, 2009
New From Gaspereau Press
In spring the willows’ black bark is oiled stone
Its color soaked by the snowflakes’ whiteness –
“Barry? Barry, is this you?” The telephone call was from Nairobi, Kenya, the caller his Aunt Jane, and she had bad news.
March 12, 2009
That Tune Clutches my Heart shortlisted for The Ethel Wilson
Fiction Prize
January 22, 2009
Robert Bringhurst wins American Printing history Association Award
February 10, 2009
New From Gaspereau Press
