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Toronto's Coach House Books held an open house on Thursday, Sept. 7. Visitors to Coach House Books' open house converse beside bp nichol's poem in pavement. Photo by: Rick/Simon Playwright and novelist Claudia Dey and ... Read More »

September 14, 2006 | Filed under: Events

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The Toronto Book Awards for 2006 were presented on Wednesday, Sept. 6. at the City of Toronto Archives, with Dionne Brand taking the grand prize for her novel What We All Long For. (Photos by ... Read More »

September 11, 2006 | Filed under: Events

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This year's 10th anniversary edition of the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, held in Moose Jaw from July 20-23, drew more than 2,000 people, including 32 presenters. Margaret Atwood and Ian Brown share an onstage laugh. ... Read More »

August 10, 2006 | Filed under: Events

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In late July, Toronto's Harbourfront Centre held a festival dubbed "From the Peg," which included a literary roundtable with four Winnipeg authors discussing writing in and about the city. (Photos by Evelyn Siu.) Novelist Margaret ... Read More »

August 9, 2006 | Filed under: Events

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Who needs Mark Harmon and Kirstie Alley when you have David Bezmozgis and Lisa Moore? The summer faculty at the Humber School for Writers gathered for a class photo. (Photo by Mary Jo Morris.) Front ... Read More »

July 27, 2006 | Filed under: Events

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British author Toby Young appeared at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Tuesday, July 18, to promote his new (and second) memoir, The Sound of No Hands Clapping (HarperCollins). (Photo by Michaela Cornell.) Toby Young, right, with ... Read More »

July 19, 2006 | Filed under: Events