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By Sue Carter Flinn
April 29, 2011
2:25 PM

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Canadian literary event round-up: April 29-May 5

Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week:

Mike Holmes launches his graphic novel True Story at the Khyber, Halifax (April 29, 6 p.m., free)
House of Anansi’s travelling poetry bash with Sharon Thesen, Matt Rader, and Ken Babstock at the Collected Works Bookstore, Ottawa (April 30, 8 p.m., free)
Antonine Maillet-Northrop Frye lecture with Margaret Atwood at the Frye Festival, Capitol Theatre, Moncton (April 30, 8 p.m., $25)
Chester Brown launches his new graphic novel Paying For It at Goodhandy’s, Toronto (May 1, 7 p.m., free)
Funny guy David Sedaris returns to Canada for a special reading at Place des Arts, Montreal (May 4, 7:30 p.m., $32–$55)
Elizabeth Hay and Miriam Toews read at UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre, Vancouver (May 5, 7:30 p.m., $21)

patricia

And from Saturday, April 30 – Saturday, May 7, 2011, it’s also TD Canadian Children’s Book Week, “the single most important national event celebrating Canadian children’s books and the importance of reading. Close to 35,000 children, teens and adults participate in activities held in every province and territory across the country. Hundreds of schools, public libraries, bookstores and community centres host events as part of this major literary festival.”
http://www.bookweek.ca/

Worth mentioning, I would think.
Gillian

RE: Canadian Literary Event Round-Up: April 29 to May 5.
Don’t forget TD Canadian Children’s Book Week, April 30 to May 7, all across the country, featuring 30 authors, illustrators and storytellers.
Ken

Well, gee, what about Ken McGoogan speaking to the Canadian Celtic Arts Association on Wednesday, May 4, at 7 p.m. That’s at St. Michael’s College, U of T, 121 St. Joseph Street. Subject: How the Scots Invented Canada. Admission: $10 at the door.

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