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The fantastic Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is coming to town on her fabulous North American tour! I was lucky enough to meet Mattilda when I was a contributor to this groundbreaking book that she conceived and edited, and I’m so honoured be reading at the Toronto launch of her latest novel So Many Ways To Sleep Badly (which is one of the finest and most innovative books I’ve read in a long time.) I’ll be reading from my latest, Fear of Fighting, which is now available.
The bill also has some other fantastic readers:
This Ain’t the Rosedale Library launches Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s So Many Ways to Sleep Badly with introductions from Hal Niedzviecki, Stacey May Fowles and Tara-Michelle Ziniuk and host Sandra Alland at 7pm on Mon, Nov 3 at The Boat (158 Augusta Ave). Cover is free in advance; $5 at the door; call (416) 929-9912.
More on the book and the full North American tour is after the jump.
Sarah Kramer, who Herbivore magazine called “The World’s Coolest Vegan”, is currently touring with her new cookbook, Vegan A Go-Go. Having tried recipes from her previous three cookbooks (which have sold over 150,000 copies combined), I’m definitely looking forward to trying out some new tasty meatless delights!
Photo courtesy of govegan.net
With an awesome 150 recipes, Vegan A Go-Go is meant to fit in the backpack of the herbivore on the road. Recognizing that finding decent vegan cuisine can be near to impossible while traveling, Sarah focuses on meals that are “are easy to prepare with a minimum of ingredients but guaranteed to deliver energy, nutrition, and great flavour” (Arsenal Pulp Press).
Next month members and friends of Youth Poetry are gathering for a full day of free Master Classes and workshops with various established poets. Open to young Canadian poets aged 12 to 19; the meeting will take place in Toronto on Saturday, November 1st, 2008.
Although official registration closed October 22nd for poets visiting from out of town (with respect to sleeping arrangements), it is still possible to show up the day of the activity and partake in this friendly gathering, organized by members of www.youngpoets.ca/forum and supported in part by the League of Canadian Poets (www.poets.ca) and the Canada Council for the Arts. No costs are attached to any of the activities, except for meals with are left to the discretion of each participant.
CONFIRMED DAY VENUE: The Lillian H. Smith branch, Toronto Public Library
239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R5 Canada
Phone: 416-393-7753 Fax: 416-393-7635
Full Schedule after the jump.
As part of the launch of my latest book, Eye Weekly is running a contest where you could win 20 free boxing lessons generously donated by our friends at the fantastic Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club. Enter today at eyeweekly.com.
Hotel Canzine is Canada’s Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture, located every year at The Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. And just in case the shift in weather was getiing you down, this year’s theme is “Comedy.”
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 1pm-7 pm
The Gladstone Hotel Downtown Toronto, 1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin)
$5 admission comes with a free copy of the Fall issue of Broken Pencil Magazine
Full schedule after the fold!
It’s true: we’re shameless about spreading the word of the amazing accomplishments of our team members.
Since our publisher and blogger Stacey May Fowles is probably all humble about it, I will do the honours of promoting her shamelessly!
She will be launching her new book, Fear of Fighting, illustrated by Marlena Zuber, at:
THIS IS NOT A READING SERIES
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin)
Toronto
7:30PM-12AM
The two will compare notes with Mariko Tamaki on the creative process.
Since I’m all blocked and stuff, and considering the Artist’s Way (how 80s of me), I’m going to try and make it.
There will also be a live set by Tomboyfriend!
If Picasso had his Blue Period, then Judy Blume had her Period Period. Man, did I learn a lot about menstruation from these books. [Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret] was the one that got passed around feverishly in school. Not only did it teach us a (futile) breast enhancement exercise, it introduced us to ”Two Minutes in the Closet,” a game we played at many parties thereafter.-Diablo Cody, Juno screenwriter, in her Entertainment Weekly column.
From our friends at Sumach.
Toronto: Free Creative Writing Workshops for teen girls at the Beaches Branch of the Toronto Public Library on the topic of body image. Hosted by contributors Karen Krossing & Patricia McCowan from the anthology Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls (Sumach Press)
Saturday, October 4th from 2-4 pm
Beaches Branch, Toronto Public Library, 2161 Queen St. E
Bring writing materials!
I’ve loved Vancouver-based Kinnie Starr since she emerged on the music scene in 1995, so I was more than happy to hear that she’s put her fantastic songwriting talents to the page with a new book titled How I Learned to Run (House of Parlance Media):
From Kinnie Starr, an incredibly talented artist deemed “edgy” and “enchanting” by The New Yorker, comes a beautifully rendered – and oft-times haunting – collection of poetry. These are poems that evoke and provoke and sing and scream. Kinnie has mastered the art of making words live and breathe. Her words are not soon forgotten.
You can check out some sample poems from the September 2008 release here, and catch some of Starr’s musical talent below.
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