Events

IBBY Canada's Hot, Hot Cuba fundraiser

The International Board on Books for Young People's biennial fundraiser was held at Toronto's Lula Lounge on March 21, and this year not only raised money to writers in Cuba but also to support IBBY's ... Read More »

March 28, 2007 | Filed under: Events

IBBY Canada's fundraiser goes global

By Nathan Whitlock

IBBY Canada is holding its biennial Hot, Hot Cuba! fundraiser this Wednesday at a Toronto club. In the past, the evening of live music and salsa dancing has raised money to help children in Cuba, ... Read More »

March 19, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Penguin launch for Brad Smith's Big Man Coming Down the Road

By Q&Q Staff

Penguin Canada launched Brad Smith's new novel, Big Man Coming Down the Road, with a country songwriting and performing competition at Toronto's Cadillac Lounge on Feb. 28. (Photos by Penguin Canada.) Musician Stella Panacci warms ... Read More »

March 13, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Love not given lightly at Simon & Schuster Canada launch

By Q&Q Staff

Simon & Schuster Canada launched Susan Winemaker's Concertina: The Life and Loves of a Dominatrix at Toronto's Spoke Club on March 7. (Photos by Simon & Schuster Canada.) Susan Winemaker talks with S&S marketing director ... Read More »

March 13, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Let the Dog Decide author at the B.C. Book Fair

By Q&Q Staff

Dog training expert and author Dale Stavroff and his dog, "The Dude," did some demonstrations at the HarperCollins Canada booth at the B.C. Book Fair. (Photos by HarperCollins Canada.) Dale Stavroff (carrying The Dude), Shari ... Read More »

March 13, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Flickr event roundup

By Q&Q Staff

Photographers from across the country who contribute to our Quill & Quire Flickr Pool have been busy! Photographer Frances-Anne Solomon captures Caribbean-Canadian author Rachel Manley (third from left) surrounded by fans at the Toronto launch ... Read More »

March 13, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Event photos: Spreading the gospel at Glory Land launch

By Q&Q Staff

On Feb. 22, Thomas Allen Publishers teamed up with Heritage Toronto to launch Karolyn Smardz Frost's I've Got a Home in Glory Land with a special event at St. Lawrence Hall in Toronto. Karolyn Smardz ... Read More »

March 2, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Free to read, you and me (2007)*

By Leigh Anne Williams

There are still a couple of days left in Freedom to Read Week, which we should probably mark now more than ever, what with an Ontario school getting worked up about Snow Falling on Cedars ... Read More »

March 1, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Launch for Nadia Bozak's Orphan Love

By Q&Q Staff

Nadia Bozak's debut novel, Orphan Love (Key Porter Books), was launched on Feb. 20 at Type Books in Toronto. (Photos by Quill & Quire.) The Key Porter publicity team - from left to right: Jennifer ... Read More »

February 20, 2007 | Filed under: Events