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bill bissett
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 8:00pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St W

Denounced from the floor of the House of Commons for his work, bill bissett (who Margaret Atwood once described as her "astral twin") is unafraid of strong performances.

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Macleod Family Ceilidh
Alexander Macleod
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 8:00pm
Melody Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W

Alexander Macleod, the author of the darkly urban and unflinching debut collection, Light Lifting (Biblioasis Press), will discuss the merits and demerits of the short story with Steven W. Beattie, review editor of Quill & Quire and writer of the acclaimed blog, That Shakespearean Rag.

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It Feels So Good When I Stop
Joe Pernice
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 8:00pm
Clinton's, 693 Bloor St. W.

Joe Pernice takes the stage at Clinton's — not as the front man of a band, but as an author — to celebrate the paperback release of It Feels So Good When I Stop (Penguin Books Canada). Joe will appear with guitar in hand, to make music, and discuss his novel with a pillar of the indie literary scene, Stuart Ross.

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Allan King's "A Married Couple"
Zoe Druick
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 8:30pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.

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Circus and Carnival Ballyhoo: Sideshow Freaks, Jaggers and Blade Box Queens
A.W. Al Stencell
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 7:00pm
The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. W.

Al Stencell Circus and Carnival Ballyhoo

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Fiction in the Age of E-Books | Luminato
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.

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East/West in Canadian Fiction | Luminato
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)

 

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East/West in Canadian Fiction | Luminato
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?

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Azar Nafisi: Reading & Writing Iran | Luminato
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.

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Monday Night Fiction: An Evening with Ben Okri | Luminato
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.

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