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AUTHORS: Shree Ghatage, Grace O’Connell, and an additional author.

Shree Ghatage presents her novel Thirst, the compelling and unexpected tale of a WWII-era arranged marriage.

Grace O’Connell reads from her debut novel, Magnified World about love, loss, and everything in between.

An additional author to be confirmed. More »

The Beautiful & The Damned, Queer Dissident Voices

When: Thursday, June 14, 2012
Time: 6:30pm until 10:00pm
Where: Zelda’s Restaurant and Bar – 692 Yonge St, Toronto, ON

Sponsored By Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, this is a The Pride Toronto Affiliated Event and Hosted by DM Moore. Please come join us for a very special night!

Event Name: AUTHORS: Gloria Vanderbilt
Event website link and/or phone number: www.readings.org, 416-973-4000
Price: $10/FREE for members, students, and youth under 25
Event location: Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto
Event date: Monday, June 11 2012, 7:30pm
Details: Gloria Vanderbilt reads from The Things We Fear Most, a short story collection which touches on brief moments resonant with the random static of everyday disaster. The reading will be followed by an interview with the Globe and Mail’s Siri Agrell.

Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs Conference: Tim O’Brien and Joseph Kertes
Saturday, May 12, 8:00pm, 2012

The Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs Conference is dedicated to the study and exploration of creative writing pedagogy and the promotion of creative writing in all its forms. The conference includes engaging readings, academic papers, and keynote talks by national and international writers and creative writing teachers, researchers, and students, on all aspects of contemporary creative writing practice. More »

Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs Conference: Will Ferguson and Priscila Uppal
Friday, May 11, 8:00pm, 2012

The Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs Conference is dedicated to the study and exploration of creative writing pedagogy and the promotion of creative writing in all its forms. The conference includes engaging readings, academic papers, and keynote talks by national and international writers and creative writing teachers, researchers, and students, on all aspects of contemporary creative writing practice. More »

AUTHORS: Marianne Apostolides, Deni Y. Béchard, Steven Heighton
Wednesday, May 2, 7:30pm, 2012, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West
Marianne Apostolides presents Voluptuous Pleasure, a collection of non-fiction stories that push the limits of the genre.

Deni Y. Béchard shares Cures for Hunger, a gripping memoir.

Steven Heighton reads from The Dead Are More Visible, a collection of short stories.
Tickets: $10/FREE for members, students, & youth under 25.
Box Office/Info: 416 973 400/ readings.org

AUTHORS: Sadie Jones, Owen Laukkanen, Liza Marklund

Wednesday, April 25, 7:30pm, 2012, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West

Sadie Jones reads from her latest novel, The Uninvited Guests, an affecting story of a woman whose past comes back to haunt her. More »

Human Rights Watch Book Series
Wednesday, April 18, 7:30pm, 2012, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West

The inaugural Human Rights Watch Book Series presents The Unfinished Revolution, a collection of essays by writers from around the world – including Nobel Prize winners, leading activists and former victims – which tells the story of the ongoing global struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls worldwide. More »

AUTHORS: Heather Birrell, John Boyne, Yejide Kilanko

Wednesday, April 11, 7:30pm, 2012, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West

Heather Birrell presents her latest collection of short stories, Mad Hope, in which topics range from motherhood to political history. More »

Poetry NOW: 4th annual Battle of the Bards

Wednesday, March 28, 7:30pm, 2012, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West

This popular poetry competition returns in 2012 to feature some of Canada’s upcoming and established poets. More »

2012 Toronto Festival of Storytelling will be a celebration and exploration of all things ‘Canadian’ from Thursday, March 29 to Sunday, April 1, 2012, with the final day, April 1, being held at Harbourfront Center. Through stories that reveal our identity, we will explore our triumphs, contributions, uniqueness, struggles and growth as a nation. From our First Nations’ origins and European influences of the past, to the more recent arrival of immigrants from Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and the Americas- our country and its identity is constantly being reshaped. More »

Announcing World Scenography 1975-1990
-the first volume of the world’s most comprehensive scholarly work on theatrical design-

Performance design professionals, historians and arts audiences alike have reason to celebrate the publication of World Scenography 1975-1990. This thoughtfully curated, lavishly illustrated anthology, documenting the most influential theatrical designs of the period, is a work of rigorous scholarship as well as an aesthetic delight. More »

Mariposa In The Schools and Echo Women’s Choir unite their talents in Voices in the Dark on Saturday, March 31 at 7 p.m. at Toronto’s Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square (behind the Eaton Centre/wheelchair accessible).

Anne Lederman, Chris Rawlings, Njacko Backo, Sandra Whiting, Dan Yashinsky and other artists from Mariposa In The Schools join Echo in a spirited evening of song and story. Joining them is Miss McCarthy’s, a collective of musicians and storytellers who play traditional Irish music. Host is award-winning writer and broadcaster Jowi Taylor. More »

Join us for the first The Beautiful & The Damned of 2012!  Hosting this months edition will be Rex Allen Baunsit – http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?epk_id=131350

When: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 7-10 pm
Where: Zelda’s Upstairs More »

CTR 148, Fall 2011, “Artists and Communities” is now available online

Edited by Kim Renders, Julie Salverson, and Jenn Stephenson

In this issue, contributors dig into the fertile ground of the artist and community theatrical collaboration. Our choice to focus on artists reflects a shift in how this work is placed within arts and culture funding bodies, neighbourhoods and organizations, and among artists. This field has now attracted the ardour of the mainstream. More »

ALMOST TWO DECADES OF SPOKEN WORD
Dwayne Morgan Brings His Live Show to the Lula

Join award winning spoken word artist, Dwayne Morgan at the Lula Lounge on August 15th, as he celebrates nearly two decades as one of Canada’s most influential poets.

Morgan is a household name nationally and internationally for his accomplishments. In Toronto, he is credited with starting Toronto’s first regular poetry slam (The Roots Lounge, 1998) as well as the When Brothers Speak and When Sisters Speak spoken word concerts among other events. More »

The Beautiful & The Damned
A night of Poetry and Cabaret hosted by David Bateman

June 9, 2011 ~ Zelda’s 692 Yonge Street (upstairs) ~ 7:00-10:00

reading/music – Duncan Armstrong, Philip Cairns, Shannon Maguire, Meghan Morrison

PWYC

The Rowers Pub Reading Series is marking the end of another great season on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 7:30 pm.

Celebrate with us with free hors d’oeuvres and special readings by the Rowers team members:
Ian Burgham, David Clink, Catherine Graham, Ned Hagerman, Halli Villegas, and Heather J. Wood. Hosted by Shirarose Wilensky. More »

Rowers Pub Reading Series – Monday, June 6, 2011

June is jumping with our features:
Ray Hsu, Anne Simpson and Cordelia Strube

Doors open @6pm, evening begins @7:30 pm – come early for a pint or a great meal!
Free – a hat is passed More »

The Backseat Balladeers and The Ballad Project
present:
COME AND I WILL SING YOU
A fundraiser for the SC/CC StorySave project featuring Lorne Brown
Date: Sunday June 5, 2011
Time: 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Location: The Wychwood Theatre
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St.
(one and a half blocks south of St. Clair Ave. W.)
Fee: PWYC, suggested donation $20 More »