Event photos: Downie sings, Pachter sells
Joseph Boyden launched his second novel, the Giller-longlisted Through Black Spruce (Penguin Canada), at the Toronto bar Kultura on Tuesday night, enlisting a friend of his, Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, to sing a few tunes.
Meanwhile, across town, Charles Pachter launched his Canadian-themed kids’ picture book M Is For Moose (Cormorant Books) with a This Is Not a Reading Series event, packing the Gladstone Hotel and selling close to 300 books.
A thronged Boyden signs away.
Gord Downie caught post-set.
Anna O’Grady, soon to depart HDS Retail (and Canada), keeps Ben McNally company at the Boyden merch table.
At the Gladstone, Charles Pachter contends with his own crowd; Pages owner Marc Glassman has his back. (Pachter photos by Miro Grudzinski and courtesy of Cormorant Books.)
Pachter signs for attendee Inte Kieran.
