It's another busy week for literary events. Here's a sample of what's going on across the country: Asim Hussain launches Khadijah Goes to School, Toronto Women's Bookstore (Feb. 11, 3 p.m., free) Sarah Ellis shares ... Read More »
Carmen Aguirre came out victorious at this year's CBC Canada Reads. The B.C.-based author and playwright's memoir, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter (Douglas & McIntyre), about growing up in the underground among South ... Read More »
Adrian Wu at Toronto Fashion Week. Photo: George Pimentel Tonight is the Book Lover's Ball, an annual fundraiser that brings out the tuxedos and gowns in support of the Toronto Public Library Foundation. A formidable ... Read More »
February 9, 2012 | Filed under: Events
It's another busy week for literary events. Here's a sample of what's going on across the country: Dinner and reading with Pico Iyer, Grano, Toronto (Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m., $100) Ron Stevens signs Much Ado ... Read More »
James Ivory will discuss his adaptation of E.M. Forster's Howard's End on June 18. When the Toronto International Film Festival and Random House of Canada host a book club, the guest speakers are bound to ... Read More »
February 2, 2012 | Filed under: Events
Every Tuesday Quillblog rounds up photos of book-related events across Canada. If you would like your event photos to be ... Read More »
January 31, 2012 | Filed under: Events
Every Tuesday Quillblog will be rounding up photos of book-related events across Canada. If you would like your event photos to ... Read More »
January 24, 2012 | Filed under: Events
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, and the town of Orillia, Ontario, which was loosely fictionalized in the satirical short story collection, is planning an old-time ... Read More »
January 16, 2012 | Filed under: Events
Toronto-based Rainbow Caterpillar Multilingual Children's Bookshop named Ahmad Marouf the winner of the first Rainbow Caterpillar Children's Literature in a Mother Language Award. The bookshop presented Marouf with the $750 prize at the Canadian Ethnic ... Read More »
Click on the photos to see highlights of Thursday night's Writers' Trust of Canada ... Read More »
November 25, 2011 | Filed under: Events