Up Up Up by Julie Booker launch
April 16, 2011 - 3:00pm Up Up Up heralds the arrival of a writer of astonishing range, compassion and acuity. Up Up Up heralds the arrival of a writer of astonishing range, compassion and acuity. In...
View ArticleThe Art of Trespassing: Contested geographies
dek: The writers in this anthology take the ancient art of trespassing to new levels by questioning and transgressing not only personal boundaries, but society's as well Story Publish Date: June 16,...
View ArticleWorld Literacy Canada Kama Benefit Reading Series
January 25, 2012 (All day) Celebrating its 20th anniversary, WLC’s five-part Kama Benefit Reading Series is hosted at the Park Hyatt Toronto from January-May 2012. Celebrating its 20th anniversary,...
View ArticleBabble Book Club: Final discussion of Haruki Murakami's The Wind Up Bird...
Hey all!Just a quick reminder that the Babble Book Club has its final discussion of selection Haruki Murakami's The Wind Up Bird Chronicle on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST (10:00 a.m....
View ArticleJoin us today for the Babble Book Club with Kevin Chong
Join us for a conversation with Kevin Chong on his novel Beauty Plus Pity. (Photo: Jeff Vinnick, Globe and Mail)TODAY 3pm EST/12pm PST Babble Book Club: Beauty Plus Pity by Kevin Chong
View ArticleBeauty Plus Pity: Interview with Kevin Chong
Story Publish Date: July 5, 2012Beauty Plus Pity.jpgBook Publishing InformationBook Title: Beauty Plus Pity Book Author: Kevin Chong Book Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Book Published Date: 2011Book...
View Article'"School Stories" and Media Distortion a Greater Fiction than Fiction'
(via Brain Picker)Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can be deceived by the stories in the...
View ArticleThe Chelsea Papers: An ebook experiment
dek: "“If you've ever danced with a confused stranger in a backyard party at 2 a.m. in the rain, you'd like this book" Story Publish Date: August 16, 2012the-chelsea-papers.jpgBook Publishing...
View ArticleSarah Kathryn York joins the Babble Book Club today 7:30pm EST
Sarah Kathryn York, pictured here on the right, will join the Babble Book Club today at 7:30pm EST to discuss her novel. Babble Book Club today 7:30pm EST: The Anatomy of Edouard Beaupre
View ArticleRogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize finalists reading at the International...
October 24, 2012 - 8:00pm The finalists for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize will read from their shortlisted works at the International Festival of Authors. Hosted by novelist Trevor Cole. The...
View ArticleAlif the Unseen: Imagining the Arab Spring
dek: A new book brings together the mystical elements of Islam and the hardcore digital age that helped topple dictators in the Middle East Story Publish Date: October 11, 2012Alif the UnseenBook...
View ArticleAdventures on the eBook Frontier: Dispatch 14
Success!I rewrote the last two chapters of Night Town, and the editor Andrea Douglas is happy with it. I quote “It’s great! I think the ending is much stronger and more focused now.” There was much...
View ArticleRae Spoon's First Spring Grass Fire on finding (queer) time
dek: The question of the when of queerness is at the heart of transgender electronic musician Rae Spoon's remarkable debut novel Story Publish Date: November 29, 2012rae.jpgBook Publishing...
View ArticleTruth is stranger than fiction
"Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction is obliged to stick to the possibilities."- Mark TwainI just read two recent political pot-boilers, back to back. If this fiction is stranger than the...
View ArticleBook launch party with Cathi Bond for 'Night Town'
May 13, 2013 - 6:00pm All welcome to this book launch party at the Imperial Pub in Toronto! Party for the launch of Night Town!FREEAbout the book:LocationImperial Pub 54 Dundas Street West Toronto,...
View ArticleWriters' Trust Fiction Prize finalists reading at IFOA
October 30, 2013 - 8:00pm The finalists of this year’s Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, Krista Bridge, Lynn Coady, Cary Fagan, Colin McAdam and Lisa Moore, will read from their nominated books,...
View Article25th Anniversary of the McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize Anthology at IFOA
October 31, 2013 - 8:00pm Previous Journey Prize Anthology contributors and award winning writers Steven Galloway, Elizabeth Hay, Miranda Hill, Alistair MacLeod, Pasha Malla, Lisa Moore and Alissa York...
View Article'Jewel of the Thames' dives into the mythos of Sherlock Holmes
June 5, 2014Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a monthly supporter of rabble.ca.Do you have a young reader at home who craves an Arthur Conan Doyle style mystery story?...
View ArticleTightrope Books October Launch
Tue, Oct 21, 2014 Tightrope Books presents the Toronto launch of Roxanna Bennett's poetry collection, The Uncertainty Principle and Rosario Lloret's novel, Wolf in a Beaver Coast. Tightrope Books...
View ArticleRowers Reading Series
Mon, Feb 2, 2015 Join the Rowers Series for a fabulous evening of readings featuring Sara Heinonen, Bruce Meyer, Janet Turpin Myers and Kathy Page. Join the Rowers Series for a fabulous evening of...
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