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February 2017
Thriller writer K.J.Howe in conversation with Peter Robinson
Ben McNally and Hachette Books present K.J. Howe Kidnap negotiator Thea Paris has spent her entire life with survivor's guilt, following an unspeakable childhood tragedy. At eight years old, she watched, frozen in fear, as her twelve-year-old brother, Nikos, was abducted from their home in Kanzi, Africa. Although he was recovered nine months later, he was never the same after that; worse, Thea discovers that she was supposed to have been the target. This defining experience drives Thea to become…
Find out more »Emma Richler and Emily Saso at Dora Keogh | In Her Voice
Please join us at the first In Her Voice event! Acclaimed novelist Emma Richler will be reading from her new book Be My Wolff, and she'll be joined by debut novelist Emily Saso, who will be reading from her novel The Weather Inside. When: Monday, February 27, 6:30 p.m. Where: Dora Keogh Pub, 141 Danforth Ave. Be My Wolff by Emma Richler Knopf Canada Widely heralded for her bestselling first novel (Feed My Dear Dogs) and award-winning stories (Sister Crazy, also nominated for…
Find out more »March 2017
Ben McNally/Globe & Mail RBC Taylor Prize Books and Brunch
When: Sunday March 5, 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 By Chance Alone by Max Eisen HarperCollins More than 70 years after the Nazi camps were liberated by the Allies, a…
Find out more »Book Signing with Chris Cromwell
On March 11 from 1-3 pm Chris Cromwell will be signing copies of his new book The Note. Please join us. Bertrand is a street musician who’s often found screaming on the boulevards and squares of Amsterdam. Most chose to ignore him…that is, until his synapses line up giving him the ability to make music that is divined from the ether. It’s been said that music is one of the only activities that activates, stimulates, and uses the entire brain.…
Find out more »Lawrence Millman at Ben McNally Books
When: Saturday, March 18, 2-3 pm Where: The Store! 366 Bay Street (South of Richmond) Come and meet Lawrence Millman, who will be signing copies of his new book, At the End of the World. At the End of the World is the remarkable story of a series of murders that occurred in an extremely remote corner of the Arctic in 1941. Those murders show that senseless violence in the name of religion is not only a contemporary phenomenon, and that…
Find out more »Ann Eriksson & Gary Geddes Book Launch
Please join us to celebrate the launch of new books by Ann Eriksson and Gary Geddes. When: Sunday, March 19th, 2 p.m Where: In Store! 366 Bay Street The Performance by Ann Eriksson Douglas & McIntyre Naive and talented, Hana Knight is a young classical pianist who has been gifted with a musical upbringing, a magnificent Steinway piano, a place at Juilliard and a patron who arranges everything, from her Manhattan apartment to her first European tour. In the midst of her meteoric…
Find out more »Book Launch for Ausma Zehanat Khan | In Her Voice
Please join us at the store for an In Her Voice event! Celebrated crime writer Ausma Zehanat Khan will be launching her new book Among the Ruins. When: Saturday, March 25th at 3pm Where: The Store! 366 Bay Street (South of Richmond) On leave from Canada’s Community Policing department, Esa Khattak is traveling in Iran, reconnecting with his cultural heritage and seeking peace in the country’s beautiful mosques and gardens. But Khattak’s supposed break from work is cut short when…
Find out more »April 2017
Books That Spur: Lynne Olson on Last Hope Island
When: Thursday, 6 April 2017 at 5:30 pm Where: George Ignatieff Theatre 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto Ben McNally sits down with Lynne Olson, New York Times bestselling author of seven books of history. Her latest book, Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War, is a groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations of the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler.…
Find out more »Ben McNally Books and Brunch
When: Sunday April 9, 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 All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai Doubleday Canada All Our Wrong Todays is about the versions of ourselves that we…
Find out more »Book Signing with Susan Marshall
Come and meet Susan Marshall, who will be signing copies of her new book, NemeSIS. When: Saturday, April 22, 2-3 pm Where: The Store! 366 Bay Street (South of Richmond) Dad has moved out and Mom has checked out, leaving the door wide open for the beautiful, erratic Rachel to torment her "loser, loner" younger sister, Nadine. With her family in full meltdown mode, Nadine is alone, trying to cope with Rachel's increasingly unpredictable moods. Friendless, but determined to turn her…
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