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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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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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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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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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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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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There is nothing like a good book. Except...maybe five good books.
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) and TD Bank Financial Group announced Five English Finalists for the 2010 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.
The award is given to one English finalist and one French finalist.
The winner will be recognized for superiority in Canadian children’s literature...
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