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April 2017
Book Launch for The Greenbelt Book
Please join us in celebrating the release of The Greenbelt: Protecting and Cultivating a Great Ontario Treasure by Burkhard Mausberg. When: Tuesday, April 25 @ 6 p.m. Where: 366 Bay Street This beautiful coffee-table book is a portrait of Ontario's Greenbelt and the people who nurture it. Stretching from the Niagara Peninsula to Tobermory - with farmland, forests, and watersheds - the Greenbelt is the largest and most protected peri-urban landscape in the world. To be published 12 years after the Greenbelt…
Find out more »Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Conversation
Come see Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on-stage, presenting her new book Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions. This event is SOLD OUT! When: 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 26 Where: Isabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles St W Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus; Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize; Americanah, which won the NBCC Award and was a New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Entertainment Weekly Best Book of…
Find out more »Authors For Indies
Join us for Authors for Indies! When: Saturday, April 29th Where: The Store! 366 Bay St Author Schedule: Melanie J. Fishbane 11:30-12:30 Scaachi Koul 12:30-1:30 Trilby Kent 2:00-3:00 Elan Mastai 2:30-3:30 Antanas Sileika 3:30-4:30
Find out more »May 2017
The Fine Print Presents Joel Thomas Hynes
When: Tuesday, May 2, 6-8 p.m. Where: Dora Keogh Pub 141 Danforth Ave Please join Harper Collins Canada and The Fine Print as we celebrate the publication of Joel Thomas Hyne's We’ll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night. This is a free event. A blackly comic and heart-rending odyssey by the inimitable author of Down to the Dirt Scrappy tough guy and three-time loser Johnny Keough is going a little stir-crazy awaiting trial for an alleged assault charge involving…
Find out more »Book Reading & Signing from An Arab Women’s Notebook | In Her Voice
Please join us at the store for an In Her Voice event! Join us for the first book signing and reading from the self-published anthology An Arab Women's Notebook When: Wednesday, May 3rd at 6pm Where: The Store! 366 Bay Street (South of Richmond) In an Arab Women’s Notebook, twenty Canadian Arab women, from all walks of life, contributed to this book; each sharing a piece of herself through poetry and short stories of love, loss, family, individuality, identity, immigration…
Find out more »Book Signing with Anton Piatigorsky
Come and meet Anton Piatigorsky, who will be signing copies of his new book, Al-Tounsi. When: Thursday, May 4 5-7 pm Where: The Store! 366 Bay Street (South of Richmond) How do the personal and political lives of Supreme Court justices affect their decisions? Al-Tounsi tells the behind-the-scenes story of U.S. Supreme Court justices as they consider a landmark case involving the rights of detainees held in an overseas U.S. military base. Inspired by a true case from 2008 addressing Guantanamo…
Find out more »Ben McNally Books and Brunch
When: Sunday May 14, 10.00 am Where: King Edward Hotel, 37 King St E. Brunch is served in the Vanity Fair Ballroom on the second floor of the King Edward Hotel. Tickets are $55.00 each (taxes included) and must be purchased in advance. Tickets are non-refundable. Please call us at 416.361.0032 with your credit card information to reserve tickets The Barefoot Bingo Caller by Antanas Sileika ECW Press In The Barefoot Bingo Caller, Antanas Sileika finds what’s funny and touching…
Find out more »Need Inspiration? Two Inspiring Authors ready to help
Get empowered with: Unbound by Steph Jagger & Careergasm by Sarah Vermunt When: Monday, May 15th 6-8pm Where: The Store! 366 Bay Street (South of Richmond) Steph Jagger had seen the ski-lift sign thousands of times—“Raise Restraining Device,” it read—but one day she took it personally as a rallying cry to shake off the life she had for the life she wanted. She had always been a force of nature, so why was she still holding herself back? Dissatisfied with the…
Find out more »All-female Comic Creator Panel at Dora Keogh | In Her Voice
We'll be gathering in celebration of the release of Hope Nicholson's new book The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen. Hope will be joined by Megan Kearney, Meaghan Carter, and Stephanie Cooke, fellow contributors of the celebrated graphic novel The Secret Lives of Geek Girls, to discuss the industry from the inside. Books will be available for sale. When: Tuesday, May 16th at 6.30pm Where: Dora Keogh pub 141 Danforth Ave (just east of Broadview) Think comic books can’t feature strong female protagonists? Think again! In The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen you’ll…
Find out more »Book Launch for The Year Canadians Lost Their Mind and Found Their Country
Please join Ben McNally Books and Douglas & McIntyre to celebrate award-winning author Tom Hawthorn for the release of his new book: The Year Canadians Lost Their Minds and Found Their Country: The Centennial of 1967. When: Wednesday, May 24th @ 6pm Where: The Store! 366 Bay St (South of Richmond) It happened much like the 2010 Olympics did: an initial period of indifference and cynicism, and then a huge blockbuster party from a normally reserved nation—only this one was nation-wide. In the final…
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