Previous TINARS

Joel Silver, Paul Theroux, Richard Bausch, Scott Stossel
Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 1:00pm
Isabel Bader Theare, 93 Charles St. W.

Luminato and The Atlantic magazine join forces to examine the most revolutionary development affecting literature today: the advent of Amazon’s Kindle, Sony’s E-Reader, and other forms of electronic book.

Anosh Irani, Lorna Crozier
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 12:00pm
North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street | Pape Danforth Branch. 701 Pape Avenue

How does living in Vancouver or St. John's affect what you write? What does a prairie writer have in common with a Cape Bretoner? And in a country of immigrants, what does "East/West" really mean?

Reading by Anosh Irani Dahanu Road

Thursday, June 17, 12:00 PM

North York Central Library (5120 Yonge Street)

 

Anosh Irani, Lorna Crozier, Lynn Coady, Michael Winter
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 7:00pm
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.

How does living in Vancouver or St. John's affect what you write? What does a prairie writer have in common with a Cape Bretoner? And in a country of immigrants, what does "East/West" really mean?

Azar Nafisi, Eleanor Wachtel
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 7:30pm
Al Green Theatre @ Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave.

In her 2003 bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi gave an inside view of the oppression of women in her native Iran - and told the inspiring story of how she and seven of her female students defiantly formed a secret book club to discuss such prohibited classics as Madame Bovary, The Great Gatsby, and Lolita.

Ben Okri
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 7:30pm
Al Green Theatre @ Miles Ndal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave.

In a free-ranging discussion at the Al Green Theatre, Ben Okri shares insights into his internationally acclaimed writing.

Roddy Doyle
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 7:30pm
Jane Mallet Theatre @ St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts, 27 Front St. E.
Eleanor Catton, Michael Helm, Susan G. Cole
Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 7:00pm
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W.
Brian Chikwava, Carole Enahoro, Dionne Brand, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 2:00pm
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W.

In the fifty years since the publication of Chinua Achebe's seminal Things Fall Apart, many other African writers have won world-wide acclaim - and Luminato is proud to host three of today's most notable examples.

Andrew Staniland, Jill Battson
Friday, June 11, 2010 - 8:00pm
Koerner Hall @ Royal Conservatory of Music, 275 Bloor St. W.

A devastating global pandemic. A full-scale dramatic oratorio. In this unusual marriage of content and form, poet Jill Battson and composer Andrew Staniland trace the twenty-five-year history of AIDS from its origins to the present day.

Deon Meyer, John Brady
Friday, June 11, 2010 - 7:30pm
Al Green Theatre @ Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave

A sense of place has always been a key element of the murder mystery genre. The London of Sherlock Holmes, the Edinburgh of Inspector Rebus, the Yorkshire hills of Inspector Banks: in each case, the evocation of locale is central to the stories' appeal.