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Pulpy and Midge
Jessica Westhead, Karen Hines
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 7:30pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.

Celebrate the launch of Jessica Westhead's deadpan office comedy-romance Pulpy and Midge (Coach House Books), with a This Is Not A Reading Series office party. All of your favourite songs - from 'Working 9 to 5' to 'Career Opportunities' - will be in regular rotation.

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Spook Country
Mark Askwith, William Gibson
Friday, September 21, 2007 - 7:30pm
Bloor St. United Church, 300 Bloor St. W.

Tickets $5 @ Pages Books & Magazines, 256 Queen St. West, Bakka Phoenix, 697 Queen St. West, and Soundscapes, 572 College St. **** in-person ticket sales only, no holds or reserves ****

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Head Trip: Adventures In Human Consciousness
Jeff Warren
Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 9:00pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.

Science journalist Jeff Warren takes us on a voyage through the waves generated by a human brain during the course of a single day, and spins his giant “Wheel Of Consciousness”, to celebrate the release of Head Trip: Adventures In Human Consciousness (Random House Canada), followed by a rave with sounds by DJ Noah Pred and visuals by <

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Ambivalence
Jonathan Garfinkel
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 8:00pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.

Penguin Group (Canada) and Pages This Is Not A Reading Series invite you to celebrate the launch of Jonathan Garfinkel’s Ambivalence with an evening of conversation, belly dancing and a performance by David Buchbinder and Medina with Roula Said.

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On the Road 50th Anniversary Ed. | What Happened Later | Ecstasy of the Beats
David Creighton, Jack Kerouac, Jian Ghomeshi, Ray Robertson
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 - 7:30pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.

Pages Books & Magazines, Thomas Allen & Sons, and Dundurn Press proudly present a special This Is Not A Reading Series double book launch to honour the 50th anniversary of the publication of "On The Road" by Jack Kerouac. Ray Robertson What Happened Later & David Creighton Ecstasy of The Beats in conversation with Jian Ghomeshi of CBC Radio's 'Q'.

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Other Goose: Recycled Rhymes For Our Times
Barbara Klunder
Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 8:30pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.

Come celebrate the launch of the first book by widely celebrated Toronto artist and poster designer Barbara Klunder, Other Goose: Recycled Rhymes For Our Times (House of Anansi). Groove to DJ Billy Bryans and Kobo Town, funky dance music from Canada's calypso reggae rebels.

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Cinema As History: Michel Brault and Modern Quebec
André Loiselle, Michel Brault
Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 8:30pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.

The Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG), Pages Books and Magazines and This Is Not A Reading Series proudly present André Loiselle in conversation with legendary filmmaker Michel Brault to celebrate the release of his Cinema As History: Michel Brault and Modern Quebec.

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Boobs and Dinks | Hung #3 | The Haircut
Damian Rogers, Emily Schultz, Shannon Gerard, stef lenk
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 - 7:30pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.

Shannon Gerard launches her works Boobs and Dinks: Early Detection Kits and Hung no. 3: Lonely Tylenol by guiding the audience through a collective self-examination of their swimming suit areas.

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The Bohemian Embassy: Memories and Poems
Don Cullen, Robert Priest
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 8:00pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.

Don Cullen in conversation with Robert Priest and the musical stylings of Nancy White to celebrate the launch of The Bohemian Embassy: Memories and Poems!

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Little Lessons in Safety | Missing the Ark
Catherine Kidd, Emily Holton
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 7:30pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.

Little Lessons in Safety is a collection of Holton's bookworks and drawings, produced over the past five years. Her "scratchy intelligent line drawings" (Broken Pencil) and lean text play with the format of children's readers, comics, celebrity fashion magazines, and cut and paste murder mysteries. Smart, strange, and funny, Holton's work recalls artist

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