On Tuesday, June 7, Garry Gottfriedson will be doing a reading from his new poetry collection Skin Like Mine at the Art Bar Poetry Series in Toronto. The evening’s readings begin at 8pm.
The Art Bar Poetry Series takes place every Tuesday at Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W., Toronto.
It’s free, but donations are appreciated.
On December 9, join author Howard Richler for the Toronto launch of his latest book on language, Strange Bedfellows. The event takes place at The Annex Live (296 Brunswick Ave.) from 6:30pm to around 8:30pm. Howard will be giving an informal talk/reading about his research into the English language, and particularly about Strange Bedfellows. Free entry, cash bar, snacks will be provided. RSVP to ronsdale@shaw.ca, or on our Facebook event page.
Danielle Schroeder, daughter of author Barbara Ruth Bluman, will be participating in the Jewish Book Festival “Coming of Age” panel to discuss I Have My Mother’s Eyes. Author Gabriella Goliger (Girl Unwrapped) will be the other member of the panel, with Professor Alexander Hart hosting.
“T.S. Eliot’s line ‘all time is eternally present’ is brought to life in the intergenerational stories of these remarkable writers.”
The event takes place on Monday, November 22, at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased from the Jewish Community Centre website.
Join authors Howard Richler (Strange Bedfellows), Barbara Graham (Eye of My Heart), Jonathan Papernick (There Is No Other), and host Alexander Hart for “Lively Linguistics: Tantalizing Tales.”
“Take three diverse writers, mix them up with a handful of good humour, a dash of chutzpah and a generous helping of heart, and you’ll get this event – irreverent, articulate, timely and outrageous. An eclectic mix of excellent writers you should not miss.”
The event takes place on Sunday, November 21, at 3:00-4:00 pm. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased from the Jewish Community Centre website.
On Wed., Nov. 10, at 1 p.m., 200 bloggers will simultaneously publish reviews of 200 books printed on environmentally-friendly paper. By turning a spotlight on books printed using greener methods, Eco-Libris aims to raise consumer awareness about considering the environment when making book purchases. This year’s participation of both bloggers and books has doubled from the event’s inception last year.
This year, Strange Bedfellows: The Private Lives of Words by Howard Richler will be reviewed on the blog Sophisticated Dorkiness.
Follow the Elephant by Beryl Young will be reviewed on the blog Holes in My Brain.
The 200 books to be reviewed are in a variety of subjects including cooking, poetry, travel, green living, and history, and come from 56 publishers from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the U.K. that are participating in the Green Books Campaign. This diversified group of publishers includes both small and large presses who all print books on recycled and/or FSC-certified paper.
Participating publishers include among others Ronsdale Press, Penguin Group, Scholastic, Barefoot Books, McClelland & Stewart, Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, Sterling Publishing, DK Publishing, Harvard Business Press, Island Press, North Atlantic Books, McGraw-Hill, ABRAMS and Picador.
“Although there’s so much hype around e-books, books printed on paper still dominate the book market, and we want them to be as environmentally sound as possible,” explains Raz Godelnik, co-founder and CEO of Eco-Libris. “Their share is still relatively small, but you can find a growing number of books printed responsibly and we hope this initiative will bring more exposure to such books. Through this campaign we want to encourage publishers to increase their green printing options and readers to take the environment into consideration when purchasing books.”
This year’s campaign is supported by Indigo Books & Music, the largest book retailer in Canada, as part of its efforts to draw attention to the need for more environmental paper in book publishing. This is a core goal of Indigo’s environmental program, reinforced by Indigo’s industry leading environmental paper policy.
Learn more about the Green Books Campaign and find a list of all participants at http://www.ecolibris.net/greenbookscampaign2010.asp
On Sunday, June 5th, Garry Gottfriedson (author of Skin Like Mine and Whiskey Bullets) will be reading at Lit Live in Hamilton, Ontario. The Lit Live reading series is held on the first Sunday of the month at The Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Street, Hamilton. Start Time: 7:30 p.m.
Garry Gottfriedson, author of Skin Like Mine and Whiskey Bullets, will be reading at the University of Northern British Columbia on November 5th.
Garry Gottfriedson, from the Secwepemc first nation (Shuswap), was born, raised and lives in Kamloops, BC. He is a self-employed rancher with a Masters degree in Education from Simon Fraser University. He was awarded the Gerald Red Elk Creative Writing Scholarship by the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, where he studied under Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Marianne Faithful and others.
Alan Twigg will be at the Vancouver Public Library on November 8 for a talk about his latest book The Essentials: 150 Great B.C. Books and Authors. Copies will be available for sale, and Alan will be on hand for signings.
Location: The Peter Kaye room located on the lower level of the Central Library at 350 W. Georgia Street
Time: 7:00 – 8:30, November 8
