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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...

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The 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,...

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World 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,...

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Babble 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....

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Join 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

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Beauty 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...

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'"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...

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The 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...

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Sarah 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

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Rogers 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...

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Alif 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...

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Adventures 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...

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Rae 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...

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Truth 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...

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Book 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,...

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Writers' 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,...

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25th 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...

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'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?...

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Tightrope 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...

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Rowers 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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