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  Toronto Small Press Book Fair recognizes advocates of Canadian literature

  

  Posted by Nastasha Alli at 12:02 am on December 16, 2009
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  It was a resounding success for everyone involved at this year’s Toronto Small Press Book Fair, held Saturday at the Gladstone Hotel.

  The book fair, organized by the Small Press of Toronto (SPoT), is now in its 22nd year. Since 1990 it has been held bi-annually at different venues throughout the city. The fair serves as a venue for writers and graphic artists to get their work promoted and in the public eye, as their respective small-press publishers push for book sales and increased recognition for their artists.

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  Canada Reads 2010 contenders announced in Toronto

  

  Posted by Nastasha Alli at 12:27 am on December 3, 2009
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  Yesterday Jian Ghomeshi, host of CBC radio’s Q announced five new authors who will contend for Canada Reads, kicking off another round of lively debates about books.

  Ghomeshi introduced the writers who whose books made the cut, along with the panelists who will support and defend their favourite works of Canadian fiction. As their debates, broadcast live on CBC Radio One, listeners vote books off the list until one remaining title is declared Canada Reads Book of the Year.

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  Word on the Street brings Toronto out for a read

  

  Posted by Marie Riviere at 2:04 am on September 28, 2009
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  This year’s Word on the Street Book and Magazine Festival attracted a bevy of readers from near and far to the grounds of Queen’s Park.

  Tents were scattered along its 112 acres. Roads were closed for passers-by to be enticed by grilled pork souvlaki, sweet corn roasting on spits and books of every description.

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