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Rowers Pub Reading Series at Harbord House
150 Harbord Street, 2nd floor (647) 430-7365
Monday March 1st, 2010
7:30 p.m. Free – a hat is passed
The Rowers Pub Reading Series has as its March features:
Jacob Scheier (More To Keep Us Warm, ECW Press, 2007)
Sonja Greckol (Gravity Matters, Inanna Publications, 2009)
Michael Winter (The Architects are Here, Viking Canada, 2007)

CTR 141, Winter 2010
Edited by Marlis Schweitzer with Laura Levin
This issue of Canadian Theatre Review joins a growing body of scholarship on the phenomenon now widely referred to as “celebrity culture.” Since the mid-1990s, the ubiquitous and surprisingly long-standing appeal of reality television, the proliferation of online gossip sites and photo agencies, the popularity of blogs and social networking sites from Facebook to Twitter, and the incredible success of YouTube have dramatically increased the number of venues through which average citizens can view and vie for fame and fortune. More »

The Rowers Pub Reading Series celebrates the recent release of The Best Canadian Poetry in English [Tightrope Books], and has as its December features four poets from the anthology:

John Reibetanz; Karen Solie; Ricardo Sternberg; and, John Terpstra.

Rowers Pub Reading Series
Harbord House (150 Harbord Street, 2nd floor (647) 430-7365
December 7, 7:30 p.m. Free – a hat is passed. More »

The Rowers Pub Reading Series has as its November features:

Carla Drysdale (Little Venus – Tightrope Books, 2009);
Kelli Deeth (The Girl Without Anyone – HarperCollins Canada, 2001);
Mike Spry (Jack – Snare Books, 2008); and,
Moez Surani (Reticent Bodies – Wolsak & Wynn, 2009). More »

Hamilton Jewish Literary Festival
From Sinai to the Shtetl and Beyond: Where is Home for the Jewish Writer?
June 5 – 7, 2009
Temple Anshe Sholom, 215 Cline Avenue North
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4A1, 905-528-0121
http://www.anshesholom.ca/aboutus/directions/ for directions More »

May 20-24 2009
Confluence
A DanceWorks CoWorks Presentation

Confluence is a new work that experiments with our view of space, gender and gravity, as choreographer Brandy Leary integrates the South Asian languages of Chhau and Kalarippayattu with the aerial arts to explore the body as a conduit between east and west.  More »

What’s going on?  What’s the Big Idea?
Alumnae Theatre Company presents works-in-progress from the award-winning writers of Alumnae Theatre’s New Play Development Group.   The line-up of short plays, long plays, and scenes from full-length plays includes: “Whispering Land” by Lucy Brennan; “Who Is Lieserl?” by Flora Danziger; “Wedding Ring Cycle”  by Ilene Cummings;  Permafrost” by Francine Dick; “Kayak” by Jordan Hall; “Guineapigging” by Cate Frid;  “Moving” by Norma Crawford; “Ashes to Ashes” by Marianne Fedunkiw.  More »

You’re invited to a FREE rehearsed reading of  “CONNECTIONS”, a full-length play by Carol Libman.

“CONNECTIONS” began life as a one-act play, and was produced at Theatre Aurora in April 2008 as part of their annual Playwrights of Spring Festival.  It was a fascinating study in three vignettes of how different peoples’ stories intertwine. Both the audience and the playwright wanted to know what was going to happen next.  Now we’ll find out! More »

Talk & Book Signing: Roger Ballen: Boarding House
Wednesday, April 8, 6:30 p.m.

Roger Ballen: Boarding House is currently on exhibit in the OCAD Professional Gallery, until May 31, 2009. This landmark exhibition honours the launch of photographer Roger Ballen’s eighth book, Boarding House (Phaidon). Ballen will give a free public talk and book signing at OCAD. More »

Toronto Dollar is proud to present 40 + Toronto authors and their books – all under one roof. Much more than a book market!

Children’s story time and crafts, authors on stage, silent auction, and more.

FREE ADMISSION (no ticket required) More »

The Rowers Pub Reading Series has as its April features: Sandra Campbell (Getting to Normal, Stoddart Publishing, 2001); John B. Lee (The Place That We Keep After Leaving, Black Moss Press, 2008); and, Andrew Pyper (The Killing Circle – Doubleday Canada, 2008). More »

Stories are not just for bedtimes! From March 27 to April 5, 2009, storytellers will gather in Toronto to entertain audiences of all ages at the Toronto Festival of Storytelling. We’ve got artists coming from around the corner, across the nation – and more flying in from around the world!

Events take place at a variety of venues around Toronto including:
Artscape Wychwood Barns, Harbourfront Centre, The Bata Shoe Museum, Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Walmer Centre, Toronto Reference Library, Lula Lounge, and the Japan Foundation, Toronto.

Prices vary. There are some free events. See our website for details! www.torontofestivalofstorytelling.ca

Draft 4.4
Including new work by Jeff Cottrill, Terry Favro and Ron Edding,Stacey May Fowles, Clara Ho
Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
The Blue Moon Pub, 725 Queen St. E., 416 463-8868
(a little east of Broadview on the south side)

With the $5 admission fee you get a copy of Draft, a limited-edition publication available only at these readings. More »

The Rowers Pub Reading Series has as its February features: Marian Botsford Fraser (Requiem for My Brother – Greystone Books/Douglas& McIntyre, 2006); Jeanette Lynes (It’s Hard Being Queen: The Dusty Springfield Poems – Freehand Books, 2008); and Nino Ricci (The Origin of Species – Doubleday Canada, 2008). More »

The Rowers Pub Reading Series celebrates the recent release of The Best Canadian Poetry in English [Tightrope Books], and has, as its December features, four poets from the anthology: Ken Babstock (Airstream Land Yacht – House of Anansi, 2006); Heather Cadsby (Could be – Brick Books, forthcoming in 2009); Jeremy Dodds (Crabwise to the Hounds – Coach House Press, 2008); and Bill Howell (Ghost Test Flights – Rubicon Press, 2008). We acknowledge financial assistance from The Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers’ Union of Canada; The League of Canadian Poets; Tightrope Books, and donations from Scott Griffin and Alexander McCall Smith. For more information please visit rowerspubreadingseries.com More »

From a long list of one hundred poems drawn from Canadian literary journals and magazines, this year’s guest editor, award winning poet Stephanie Bolster, has chosen fifty of the best Canadian poems published in 2007.  This evening’s celebration will include readings by some of Canada’s best poets, including Jim nason, Dani Couture, Sadiqa de Meier, Michael Lista, Al Moritz, David Seymour, and more. Premier Canadian Jazz Musician, Fern Lindson, will be performing.

Tuesday, November 11 2008, 7:00 pm. , Revival, 783 College Street West (at Shaw) Toronto, Ont.

Other Voices: An Evening of Latino Writing and Music
Thursday October 30th, 2008 @ 6:30 pm, The Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst St.

Join Tightrope Books for an exciting evening celebrating Latin music, poetry and performance.  Don’t miss the best and brightest Latino writing and music has to offer including a bilingual translation of renowned Serbia Poet Goran Simic’s work featuring Veronica Garza Flores, a reading by Salvador Alanis, Jesse Villegas reading from Voices In  First Person, and a performance by celebrated emerging voice and Cha Cha curator Monica Rosas.  Following the readings enjoy the sounds of Cubanos. www.tightropebooks.com

Rowers Pub Reading Series
Wednesday, Nov 5th 7:30 pm.

Barry Dempster (The Burning Alphabet – Brick Books, 2005); Beatriz Hausner (The Wardrobe Mistress – Ekstasis Editions, 2003); and Marilyn Gear Pilling (Cleavage: a Life in Breasts – Black Moss Press, 2007).

Rowers Pub, 150 Harbord Street, 2nd floor. (416-961-6277)  rowerspubreadingseries.com
Free. (Pass the hat only.)

Quattro Books launches
Barbara Landry’s “This is How I Love You”
Rob Rolfe’s “The Hawk”
Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni’s “Looking at Renaissance Paintings”
at Supermarket, 268 Augusta,  Oct 28 7:30 PM
www.quattrobooks.ca
Allan Briesmaster, John Calabro, Beatriz Hausner, Lucianno Iacobelli

The Toronto Small Press Book Fair Presents the Small Press Affair

On Saturday, November 1st, the Toronto Small Press Book Fair is holding a special evening mini-fair, “The Small Press Affair”, at the Tranzac Club. From 6 pm to 11 pm, writers, fans and friends of Canada’s smaller presses/publishers/publications will gather at the Tranzac to support a new twist on a long-standing tradition on the Canadian literary scene. The Small Press Affair will feature lively entertainment, including readings and musical performances – all celebrating the spirit of independent press. More »