Calling all lovers of literature, spoken word, visual arts, music and food. Hear Here, Toronto’s roaming creative salon, premieres tomorrow, Thursday November 20, at a pop up downtown location. The inaugural event: Toronto: An Artistic Exploration, hosted by Anna Sapershteyn, promises a dynamic evening of reading, music, and cuisine and features a keynote address from […]
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Shedding Light on Lost Female Intellectuals: An Interview with Light Light’s Julie Joosten
On this, the eve of the announcement of the winner this year’s Governor General’s Award, BookThug’s intrepid intern Rick Meier sat down to talk with Julie Joosten about her shortlisted collection Light Light. Read on, and learn about Anna Atkins and other lesser-known voices in a history of science more than three hundred years long […]
Continue readingFall Launch Season – That’s a Wrap!
On October 8, 2014, on one of the first really chilly nights of the Fall, the brightest lights of Toronto’s literary community assembled in Kensington Market to celebrate the launch of BookThug’s new Fall lineup. It was a brilliant evening. And luckily, the cameras were rolling. Thank you to R. Kolewe for capturing the following […]
Continue readingA BookThug’s Guide to INSPIRE!—Toronto’s International Book Fair
November 13–16, 2014 @ the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (Tickets available, here) INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair is Toronto’s brand new international book expo. This three-day affair will be “part exhibition, part market and part cultural festival, celebrating reading in all forms and embracing all facets of the book trade. It will be a place […]
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