Sunday, September 28, 2008
Scarborough, Annex, Chinatown East, Brampton, Queen West, Richmond Hill . . . Diaspora Dialogues presents stories, poems and drama all set in Toronto. Compare different literary renderings of your neighbourhood by Toronto’s finest writers, including Shyam Selvadurai, Katherine Govier, Drew Hayden Taylor, Kyo Maclear, Rishma Dunlop, Anthony De Sa, Ken Babstock, and many more.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
We’re celebrating three years of Diaspora Dialogues’ anthology TOK: Writing the New Toronto! Catch readings by Alissa York, Joseph Kertes, Devyani Saltzman, and Samantha Bernstein. Pick up any editions you’ve missed, then join us for drinks and nibbles afterward. World’s Biggest Bookstore, 20 Edward Street, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Come celebrate the culmination of six weeks of creative writing youth workshops! With readings and performances by workshop facilitators Jibola Fagbamiye, Ian Fleming, Stacey May Fowles and Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, plus some of the youth themselves. Toronto Public Library—Malvern Branch, 30 Sewells Road, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Hear writers from the brand-new Book 3! With fiction by Clara Ho; poetry by B.E. Hunt, Molly Peacock and Monica Rosas. 7:00 p.m., Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord Street.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
DD brings the vibrancy of Canada’s urban spaces to the UK! Readings by Dublin IMPAC award winner Rawi Hage, Griffin-nominated Priscila Uppal, and Giller winner Vincent Lam, plus a musical performance by electronica fusion band LAL. Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London, 7:45 p.m.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Join us for lunchtime readings from the TOK anthology series. Featuring poetry by Molly Peacock and James Harbeck, and fiction by Kerri Sakamoto, Aisha Sasha John and Sayeeda Jaigirdar. Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street (at Richmond), 1:00 p.m.
