Keep Toronto Reading Festival 2010: Events for April 26 to 30, 2010
Toronto (Thursday, April 15, 2010) – Keep Toronto Reading is Toronto Public Library’s month-long celebration of the joy of reading. Throughout April, Toronto Public Library hosts programs, events and activities across the city, featuring prominent literary talent and well-known personalities. This year’s theme is “Share the books you love”, and Torontonians can choose from an exciting line-up of free special events, performances, discussions and activities throughout the city. For a complete listing of events and suggestions on how to participate, please visit keeptorontoreading.ca.
Graphically Speaking 2010: Jeffrey Brown's Undeleted Scenes
Monday April 26, 2010,| 6:30 pm
North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street, Auditorium, 416-395-5535
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival celebrates the release of Undeleted Scenes, the latest graphic novel by cartoonist Jeffrey Brown. Hosted by The Beguiling's Peter Birkemoe and Christopher Butcher.
Meet Andrew Larsen - And Learn About Writing – Children’s Event
Monday April 26, 2010, 9:30 am
Forest Hill Branch700 Eglinton Avenue West, 416-393-7706
Meet Andrew Larsen, the author of Bella and the Bunny, and The Imaginary Garden.
Meet Cordelia Strube
Tuesday April 27, 2010, 7:00 pm
Beaches Branch, 2161 Queen Street East, 416-393-7703
Local author Cordelia Strube introduces and reads from her new coming-of-age novel, Lemon.
Meet Maggie Helwig
Tuesday April 27, 2010, 12:30 pm
Northern District, 40 Orchard View Blvd, 416-393-7610
Enjoy a reading by author, poet, and essayist Maggie Helwig (Now's Best Author, 2008). Her latest book Girls Fall Down was a 2009 Toronto Book Award finalist. Bring your own lunch. Light refreshments will be served. Room 224
Meet Sandra Sabatini
Tuesday April 27, 2010, 2:00 pm
Deer Park Branch, 40 St. Clair Avenue East, 416-393-7657
Meet Sandra Sabatini, the author of Dante's War.
One Book Talk
Tuesday April 27, 2010, 7:00 pm
North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street, 416-39416-395-5535
Join writer and critic Donna Bailey Nurse for a discussion of More and Austin Clarke's body of work.
Meet Lorraine Williams
Wednesday Apr 28, 2010, 7:00 pm
Beaches Branch, 2161 Queen Street East, 416-393-7703
Toronto author Lorraine Williams launches her new book, Memories of the Beach: Reflections on a Toronto Childhood.
Love, Loss, and Memory: Ripples of the Holocaust
Wednesday Apr 28, 2010, 7:00 pm
Don Mills Branch, 888 Lawrence Avenue East, 416-395-5710
Merle Nudelman won the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Poetry for Borrowed Light, which follows the lives of her parents, who were Holocaust survivors. Merle talks about these profound experiences.
Meet Author Maureen Jennings
Wednesday Apr 28, 2010, 6:30 pm
Danforth/Coxwell Branch, 1675 Danforth Avenue, 416-393-7783
Enjoy a reading from mystery writer Maureen Jennings. She is the author of the popular Detective Murdoch series, which has now been adapted into a TV series, Murdoch Mysteries.
Short Story Contest Gala
Wednesday Apr 28, 2010, 7:00 pm
Toronto Reference Library
Meet the winners of the 2010 Toronto Star Short Story Contest, proudly presented with Toronto Public Library.
The eh List Author Series: José Latour
Wednesday Apr 28, 2010, 12:30 pm
Northern District Branch, 40 Orchard View Blvd, 416-393-7610
José Latour reads from Crime of Passion, a tale of heart-stopping action. A Cuban national who came to Canada in 2004, Latour is one of the most popular crime fiction writer in the Spanish speaking world.
We Love Vampires
Thursday, April 29, 2010, 7 pm
Lillian H. Smith Branch – Merrill Collection, 239 College Street, 416-393-7748
Chris Szego, contributor to the Cultural Gutter website, Tanya Huff and Robert Knowlton discuss why vampire fiction is so popular. Followed by a tour of the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy.
Friday Nights with Diaspora Dialogues
Friday April 30, 2010, 7 pm
Palmerston Branch, 560 Palmerston Avenue, 416-393-7680
Enjoy fiction readings by Drew Hayden Taylor, Ibi Kaslik and Deepa Shankaran. Poetry readings by Kaie Kellough and Rachel Zolf. Excerpted play reading of A Song for Tomorrow by Christina Wong.
Keep Toronto Reading is Toronto Public Library’s month-long celebration of the joy of reading, featuring literary and cultural events throughout the city, including Toronto’s annual community read. Everybody is invited to read this year’s selection, More, by Austin Clarke.
Toronto Public Library is the world's busiest urban public library system. Every year, more than 17.5 million people visit our 99 branches and borrow more than 31 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit our website at torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131.
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