Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week’s top stories include extreme winter activities and a holiday gift guide.

Fifteen extreme Canadian winter activities [Where Canada]

Holiday gift guide 2011 [Fashion Magazine]

Holt Renfrew rolls out resort collections from Marni, Lanvin, Stella McCartney, and more [Toronto Life]

How to make chocolate cake in a mug [Canadian Family]

Top food trends spotted at Gold Medal Plates 2011 [Ottawa Magazine]

Banana bread in the slow cooker [20 Minute Supper Club]

Fifty adorable ways to dress up your pet for your wedding day [Wedding Bells]

Occupy Toronto: one month in and safe, for now [Torontoist]

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week’s top stories include teaching your kids classic Canadian songs and Movember grooming advice.

Thirteen great songs every Canadian kid should know [Canadian Family]

How to not look like a complete jerk for the rest of Movember [Torontoist]

Bankruptcy in Europe, deficits in the U.S. and Canada. What comes next? [Ottawa Magazine]

Fifteen historic Canadian battle sites [Where Canada]

Five easy party appetizers [20 Minute Supper Club]

2011’s most romantic cakes and flowers [Wedding Bells]

Holt Renfrew unveils its holiday windows [Toronto Life]

Photos from the Versace for H&M runway show and afterparty [Fashion Magazine]

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week’s top stories include a gastronomical homage to Ferran Adrià at the Cookbook Store and the unveiling of Team Canada’s Olympic uniforms.

A visual tour of El Bulli Imitació, Matt Kantor’s epic 22-course homage to Ferran Adrià at the Cookbook Store [Toronto Life]

The Bay unveils Team Canada’s London 2012 Olympic Games apparel [Fashion Magazine]

Get kids talking with the high-low game [Canadian Family]

Wine and Food Festival preview with expert David Lawrason [Ottawa Magazine]

MoneySense weighs in: best credit cards for travel –  [Where Canada]

Four dishes to fight cold and flu season [20 Minute Supper Club]

Thirteen cost-cutting ideas from photography to catering [Wedding Bells]

Photo gallery: Church Street’s best Halloween costumes [Torontoist]

Canadian literary event round-up: Nov. 4-10

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

• BookFest Windsor holds readings, discussions, and workshops, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario (Nov. 4–5, tickets at bookfestwindsor.com)
• Toronto Public Library hosts Human Library, various branches (Nov. 5, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., free)
• Anne Emery launches Death at Christy Burke’s, Durty Nelly’s, Halifax (Nov. 5, 3 p.m., free)
• Andrew Nikiforuk signs Empire of the Beetle as part of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, Willock & Sax Gallery, Banff (Nov. 5, 6 p.m., free)
• David Sedaris reads from his collected works, The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts (Nov. 5, 8 p.m., from $45)
• Don Ferguson, Georges Laraque, Will Ferguson, and David Berlin discuss their writing at Books and Breakfast, Paragraphe Bookstore, Montreal (Nov. 6, 10 a.m., $32)
• Wade Davis discusses Into the Silence, Metro Toronto Reference Library (Nov. 7, 7 p.m., free)
• Scotiabank Giller Light Bash, various locations across Canada (Nov. 8, tickets at gillerlightbash.ca)
• Allan Levine launches King, Laurier House, Ottawa (Nov. 9, 6 p.m., free)
• Barbara DeLory launches Three Centuries of Public Art, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax (Nov. 9, 7 p.m., free)

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week’s top stories include Canadian Family’s book picks, Toronto’s best tacos, and fashion-inspired Halloween costumes.

Books we want to read right now [Canadian Family]

Toronto’s eight best tacos, from the traditional to the tricked-out [Toronto Life]

Fashion’ween [Fashion Magazine]

An unorthodox message: Up close and political with Imam Zijad Delic [Ottawa Magazine]

EnRoute names Canada’s 10 best new restaurants [Where Canada]

Five tasty movie-night snacks [20 Minute Supper Club]

The hottest new styles from Bridal Fashion Week [Wedding Bells]

One year of street art dedicated to mayor Ford [Torontoist]

Weekend reading list: the top stories from around our offices

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week’s top stories include the fate of Ghostbusters III, favourite Toronto indie bookstores, and a preview of this year’s Canzine festival.

Toronto staff picks: Our 10 best-loved indie bookstores [Where Canada]

Canzine 2011 preview [Torontoist]

The script for the new Ghostbusters III is in Dan Aykroyd’s truck [Toronto Life]

Toronto Fashion Week diary: One stellar spring collection and a model tumble at Attitude Jay Manuel [Fashion Magazine]

Food news: The price of peanut butter is on the rise [Canadian Family]

Occupy Ottawa was a misfire … but maybe the timing’s just off [Ottawa Magazine]

Celebrate Oktoberfest by cooking with beer [20 Minute Supper Club]

Eighteen different ways to make your wedding cupcakes prettier [Wedding Bells]

Canadian literary event round-up: Oct. 21-27

The literary scene is lively this week with many festivals underway. Here’s a sample of what’s happening across the country:

• LitFest non-fiction festival, various locations, Edmonton (until Oct. 23, tickets at litfestalberta.org)
• Vancouver International Writers Festival, various locations, Granville Island (until Oct. 23, tickets at writersfest.bc.ca)
• Ottawa International Writers’ Festival, various locations, Ottawa (until Oct. 25, tickets at writersfestival.org)
• International Festival of Authors, various locations, Ontario (until Oct. 30, tickets at readings.org)
• Gaspereau Press’s 12^th annual Wayzgoose and open house, Kentville, Nova Scotia (Oct. 22, all day, free)
• Roald Dahl Day with screening of James and the Giant Peach plus contests, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto (Oct. 23, 11 a.m., $10)
• Canzine, 918 Bathurst Centre, Toronto (Oct. 23, 1 p.m., $5)
• Psychologist Shelagh Robinson demos Mirror Read Books, Babar Books, Pointe-Claire, Quebec (Oct. 24, 2 p.m., free)
• François Cusset reads from The Inverted Gaze, Type Books, Toronto (Oct. 26, 7 p.m., free)
• Scrivener Creative Review launches its latest issue with guest reading by Jason Price Everett, Papeterie Nota Bene, Montreal (Oct. 27, 4:30 p.m., $5 for entry, a copy, and a cupcake)

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week’s top stories include photos from the Signal imprint launch and street fashion from New York, Milan, and Paris.

McClelland & Stewart launches its non-fiction imprint, Signal [Toronto Life]

100 photos of fashion trends worn on the streets of New York, Milan, and Paris [Fashion Magazine]

No-bake Halloween treat: Spiderweb Pretzel Snacks [Canadian Family]

Road trip: Millers’ Farm in Manotick for pick-your-own pumpkins [Ottawa Magazine]

Staff picks: Our 10 favourite spots for an autumn stroll [Where]

Dinnertime shortcut: Five recipes using ketchup [20 Minute Supper Club]

Five cake trends that will carry on to 2012 [Wedding Bells]

Ten questions with: Silver Elvis [Torontoist]

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week’s top stories include a tribute to Apple and plenty of Thanksgiving recipes.

Grace Kelly gets the royal treatment at TIFF Lightbox [Toronto Life]

The fashionable ways of Steve Jobs [Fashion Magazine]

Fifteen easy slow cooker recipes [Canadian Family]

Chloe Berlanga’s Tortillas de Patatas recipe [Ottawa Magazine]

Our 10 recommended record shops [Where Canada]

Seven Thanksgiving pies, crumbles, and crisps [20 Minute Supper Club]

DIY wedding ideas from cakes to centrepieces [Wedding Bells]

Hooded Fang makes some noise in the Toronto Public Library [Torontoist]

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week’s top stories include an inside look at fashion week and a new Blue Jays logo.

House of the Week: San Francisco meets The Beach [Toronto Life]

Catch up on the inside scoop as fashion week continues onto its next hotspot [Fashion Magazine]

Decorate your fridge with these DIY glass pebble magnets [Canadian Family]

The ethical oil lobby takes on the Saudi lobby [Ottawa Magazine]

Ten Ontario hotspots for fall colours [Where Canada]

Six apple recipes for fall weather [20 Minute Supper Club]

Eight ideas every rustic wedding needs [Wedding Bells]

A new look for the Blue Jays? [Torontoist]