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Literature
Theatre Review: William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying”
A tragic satire of unearthed secrets… A mother is ill and passes, leaving her family to take of the funeral arrangements and bring the house in order. Not an over dramatic story and a quite simple plot line, were it not for the family secrets that arise on this struggle of a 40-mile funeral...
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Have your say inTO, with author Ryan Oakley
TheSceneinTO is getting ready to have an in depth interview with inTO’s own Dapper Don, Ryan Oakley, author of the recently released Technicolor Ultra Mall. For those of you who weren’t fortunate enough to meet Ryan at his Technicolor Ultra Mall book launch last month at Bakka Books, you truly missed a treat. The...
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In the City: An Evening with Michael Morpurgo, Author of War Horse
One night only. An extraordinary performance of words and music. Sold out in London. An Evening with Michael Morpurgo combines remarkable storytelling and heart-rending music. War Horse author Michael Morpurgo will read from his acclaimed novel, on which both the award-winning National Theatre of Great Britain stage production and the upcoming Steven Spielberg film are based. He will be...
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Scene & Heard: IFOA ’11
Well, yet another edition of the International Festival of Authors has come to pass. This year’s edition, the 32nd, was undoubtedly much like the 31 others that preceded it: authors came to read their words, usually with a copy of their most recent work in tow, schlepping themselves shamelessly in the hopes of garnering...
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Shop Prop: Doug Miller Books
In the interest of all things literary, TheSceneinTO has decided to begin profiling used bookstores across our fine city. In this ongoing series, we will focus on various establishments, reveal some of their quirks, and examine the general state of the used book trade around town. Our first in stop is Doug Miller Books,...
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Scene & Heard: Playwrights Canada puts in roots
Last Monday evening, Playwrights Canada Press celebrated its Spring launch at the ultra-hip Kensington “Supermarket” with talks by talented Canadian playwrights and the voices that contributed to their newest works. Distinguished attendees included, but were certainly not limited to: Judith Thompson, Julie Tepperman and Philip Akin. Each playwright who spoke sought to transcend the...
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Summer reading and countdown to IFAO
Here’s one final reminder to all literary types about the final reading event at Harbourfront this month. Closing out the season next week will be Descant magazine’s landmark celebrations, Descanting for Forty Years, on June 29. If you can’t attend the event (or don’t want to), don’t pout. The Authors at Harbourfront Centre have...
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More writers reading
Are you still in the mood for a story? If your appetite for being read to isn’t yet sated, we thought we’d pass along some more info on upcoming June events where writers will be reading their good words. The “Authors at Harbourfront Centre” series closes its 37th season will a gaggle of impressive...
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Writers Reading
Writers write. That’s what they do. And if said writers are any good, they come to develop what are called readers. There is the simple divide: writers and readers. Yet despite what seems like a clear distinction, there is a compulsive need in readers to turn writers into what they are inherently not. Thus,...
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