Quill & Quire » Event photos

Want more Quill?

Event photos index

Quillblog

Book reviews

Children's book reviews

Flickr pool

You'll find the latest event photos on Quillblog. To see recent pics, click here. We are no longer updating this page.

Photos from 2006 and 2007 are currently being migrated over to Quillblog as well. If the event you're looking for is not in the list below, try searching for it on Quillblog.

Older event photos are below

Click on the title to view the photo gallery.

The Silver Palate Cookbook's silver anniversary

May. 30, 2007: Book launches are rarely about the food. However, at the May 29 launch party for the new 25th anniversary edition of the much-loved The Silver Palate Cookbook (Workman Publishing/Thomas Allen & Son) at Toronto's Bistro 990, partygoers were so busy eating, they occasionally forgot about the open bar.

2007 National Business Book Award

May. 25, 2007: This year's National Business Book Award, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers and BMO Financial Group, went to Thomas Homer-Dixon's The Upside of Down at a ceremony in Toronto on May 14.

HarperCollins Canada launches Richard Flanagan's The Unknown Terrorist

May. 23, 2007: On Tuesday, May 15, HarperCollins Canada launched Richard Flanagan

Kids take over Toronto's Harbourfront

May. 23, 2007: For the first time, the Forest of Reading

Launch for Chantel Simmons' Stuck in Downward Dog

May. 23, 2007: Key Porter Books launched Chantel Simmons' novel Stuck in Downward Dog with martinis and cupcakes at Kultura in Toronto.

Back to the '70s with Teresa Toten

May. 17, 2007: YA author Teresa Toten launched her latest novel, Better Than Blonde (Penguin Canada), at a Toronto restaurant on May 7. The book is set in the 1970s, so launchgoers were encouraged to dress up as if they were back in the Me Decade.

Key Porter's private dancer

May. 17, 2007: On May 16, Key Porter Books launched Vanessa Craft's novel Out of Character - about a woman who takes a job at a "gentleman's club" in London, England - with an event at 65 Degrees in Toronto. The book's subject matter gave Key Porter a chance to work one of publishing's more eyebrow-raising recent launch trends: exotic dancers.

Proulx rocks out

May. 17, 2007: Joanne Proulx launched her novel Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet (Penguin Canada) with a This Is Not a Reading Series event at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel on May 15. And she had a little help from a rock & roll band.

Claire Cameron launches The Line Painter

May. 11, 2007: Claire Cameron launched her first novel, The Line Painter (HarperCollins Canada), at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel on April 26.

The friends of Gary Hyland

May. 11, 2007: Hagios Press launched Gary Hyland's new poetry collection Hands Reaching in Water at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre on May 3. More than 150 people attended and the Oak & Rose Book Shoppe sold more than 70 copies of the book.

B.C. Book Prize winners

May. 04, 2007: B.C.'s literati gathered at a gala ceremony on April 28 at Victoria's Government House to honour the winners and nominees of this year's B.C. Book Prizes.

Coach House Books Spring Launch

May. 04, 2007: Coach House Books brought writers, editors and readers together at Toronto club Revival.

Anansi's poetry bash

May. 03, 2007: House of Anansi Press held its annual poetry launch on April 19 at CoupeSpace, the east-end-Toronto studio of designer Bill Douglas, who frequently does work for Anansi.

The Coach House Banjoree

Apr. 30, 2007: Playwright, author, and, yes, banjo player Sean Dixon launched his novel The Girls Who Saw Everything (Coach House Books) at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel on April 26

Calgary launch for Andrew Wedderburn's The Milk Chicken Bomb

Apr. 25, 2007: Coach House Books hosted a launch at Calgary's Broken City for Andrew Wedderburn's new novel, The Milk Chicken Bomb.

London Book Fair

Apr. 24, 2007: Canadians wave the flag with Canada's High Commissioner to the U.K. at the Canadian booth at the London Book Fair.

British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-fiction

Apr. 20, 2007: Noah Richler won the $25,000 British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-fiction for his book This Is My Country, What's Yours?: A Literary Atlas of Canada (McClelland & Stewart).

Cake, but no Death, for Heather Mallick's new book.

Apr. 18, 2007: Heather Mallick launched her new collection of acerbic essays, Cake or Death: The Excruciating Choices of Everyday Life (Knopf Canada), at an event held in the labyrinthine Verity Women's Club in downtown Toronto on April 17.

The Halifax International Writers' Festival

Apr. 18, 2007: The Halifax International Writers' Festival ran from March 28 through April 1.

What a swell party this is, for Rifke at the Four Seasons

Apr. 18, 2007: It had to be one of the swankiest Canadian book launches on record: Rosalie Wise Sharp's memoir Rifke (ECW Press) was launched at the Four Seasons in Toronto on April 17, where Sharp's husband, Four Seasons owner Isadore Sharp, hosted hundreds of high society folk (and a few dungaree'd publishing types). Each of the 74 Four Seasons locations also bought 50 copies of the book.

Man Booker International shortlist announcement

Apr. 12, 2007: The eyes of the literary world were on Toronto on Thursday morning as the latest Man Booker International shortlist was unveiled.

Gaspereau Press Poetry hits the Gladstone

Apr. 04, 2007: Six Gaspereau Press authors

Kenneth J. Harvey wins Winterset

Mar. 30, 2007: Kenneth J. Harvey's novel Inside, which won the Roger's prize for fiction at the Writers' Trust awards earlier this month, has won the 2006 Winterset Award. Harvey was presented with the award at a ceremony at Government House in St. John's, Newfoundland on March 29.

Launch for Marjorie Harris's How To Make a Garden

Mar. 30, 2007: The launch for Marjorie Harris's How To Make a Garden was held at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, on March 22, 2007. The event was co-hosted by A Different Drummer Books and the RBG.

Emily Schultz Eats Her Shoe

Mar. 29, 2007: Well, not really. But the Toronto novelist and poet did launch her new book of poems, Songs for the Dancing Chicken (which is partly based on the work of movie director Werner Herzog, who did eat his shoe in a famous short film), with a This Is Not a Reading Series event at the Gladstone Hotel.

George Jonas's Reflections on Islam

Mar. 29, 2007: George Jonas launched Reflections on Islam (Key Porter Books) at the University of Toronto's Massey College with a little help from Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel, who made a surprise visit from Chicago.

IBBY Canada's Hot, Hot Cuba fundraiser

Mar. 28, 2007: The International Board on Books for Young People's biennial fundraiser was held at Toronto's Lula Lounge on March 21, and this year not only raised money to writers in Cuba but also to support IBBY's Fund for Children in Crisis. The first project will aid children in Lebanon.

Let the Dog Decide author at the B.C. Book Fair

Mar. 13, 2007: Dog training expert and author Dale Stavroff and his dog, "The Dude," did some demonstrations at the HarperCollins Canada booth at the B.C. Book Fair.

Love not given lightly at Simon & Schuster Canada launch

Mar. 13, 2007: Simon & Schuster Canada launched Susan Winemaker's Concertina: The Life and Loves of a Dominatrix at Toronto's Spoke Club on March 7.

Penguin launch for Brad Smith's Big Man Coming Down the Road

Mar. 13, 2007: Penguin Canada launched Brad Smith's new novel, Big Man Coming Down the Road, with a country songwriting and performing competition at Toronto's Cadillac Lounge on Feb. 28.

Writers' Trust awards gala

Mar. 08, 2007: Toronto's St. Lawrence Centre was packed with glitterati as the Writers' Trust held its annual awards ceremony.

Launch for Barbara Gowdy's newest

Mar. 07, 2007: CanLit stars came out for the launch of Barbara Gowdy's new novel Helpless.

Photos from the Vancouver Writes writing workshop

Mar. 01, 2007: The Vancouver Writes writing workshop, sponsored by the Vancouver International Writers Festival, took place on Feb. 23 and featured teams of aspiring writers, coached by mentors, competing in an event in which they had 30 minutes to collectively write short pieces of prose or poetry.

Spreading the gospel at Glory Land launch

Mar. 01, 2007: On Feb. 22, Thomas Allen Publishers teamed up with Heritage Toronto to launch Karolyn Smardz Frost's I've Got a Home in Glory Land with a special event at St. Lawrence Hall in Toronto.

Launch for Nadia Bozak's Orphan Love

Feb. 20, 2007: Nadia Bozak's debut novel, Orphan Love (Key Porter Books), was launched on Feb. 20 at Type Books in Toronto.

Book Lover's Ball photos

Feb. 19, 2007: Glitterati and literati gathered at the Book Lover's Ball fundraiser for the Toronto Public Library on Feb. 15 at Liberty Grand in the city. Those who attended the $350- per-plate reception and fashion show were encouraged to dress in black-tie or a costume inspired by their favorite novel.

CS Richardson launch

Feb. 08, 2007: CS Richardson's debut novel, The End of the Alphabet (Doubleday Canada), was launched on Feb. 7 at The Spoke Club in downtown Toronto.

In the Left corner... and in the Right corner

Feb. 08, 2007: A Simon & Schuster-sponsored debate between Chris Hedges, author of American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, and Dr. Charles McVety of the Canada Family Action Coalition.

From Russia with love

Dec. 08, 2006: Representatives from the Canadian publishing industry conducted a trade mission to Russia at the end of November, doing panel discussions about Canadian literature and attending book fairs in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Canadian Library Association goes to space

Dec. 04, 2006: The Canadian Library Association and the Canadian Space Agency launched the Candadian Space E-Library last week at the Ottawa Public Library. The website, hosted by the CSA, will serve as a resource for children interested in books about space. Astronaut Steve Maclean announced the winners of CLA

Newfoundland authors in Ottawa

Nov. 28, 2006: Tree Reading Series hosted a gala reading celebrating Newfoundland writers called

Dolly Parton's charity launch

Nov. 23, 2006: A Canadian branch of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library was launched in Toronto this week with an appearance by the singer herself.

The Vancouver fest

Nov. 15, 2006: The 19th annual Vancouver International Writers Festival ran from October 17-22, 2006, bringing almost 100 Canadian and international authors to Lotusland.

From the Giller floor

Nov. 09, 2006: It was publishing

Photo grab-bag

Nov. 09, 2006: Chris Bosh visits Indigo; Different Drummer and Bryan Prince team up for a pre-Giller shindig; and Toronto

Gaspereau

Nov. 02, 2006: Gaspereau Press held its seventh

Anne McDermid's anniversary party

Nov. 01, 2006: Anne McDermid celebrated the 10th anniversary of her literary agency at an event at the Spoke Club in Toronto on Oct. 27.

Coach House's fall launch

Nov. 01, 2006: Coach House Books held a double launch

McArthur's IFOA party

Oct. 27, 2006: It was authors everywhere as McArthur & Company held its annual IFOA party, with the help of the British Council, at the P.J. O

Penguin Canada and Little Brown party

Oct. 26, 2006: Penguin Canada teamed up with Little Brown and company to fete some of the authors in town for the IFOA at a shoulder-to-shoulder party at Czehoski on Toronto's Queen Street West.

More International Festival of Authors photos

Oct. 24, 2006: On October 23, the International Festival of Authors held a party at the Harbourfront Theatre in Toronto in honour of the opening of the 2006 festival and the nominees for the Governor General

IFOA grab-bag

Oct. 23, 2006: A look at some of the weekend events at Toronto's International Festival of Authors.

Penguin experiments with the sweet science

Oct. 11, 2006: Photos from Penguin Canada's boxing-match publicity stunt to launch Craig Davidson's novel The Fighter.

The Power of Two launch

Oct. 10, 2006: The launch for Susan Foster's The Power of Two: Carl Brewer.

Harbourfront's pre-IFOA party

Oct. 02, 2006: A huge crowd turned out for Harbourfront Centre's annual pre-party for the International Festival of Authors, held at Toula in Toronto.

Kids Can's Raven launch

Sep. 29, 2006: Kids Can Press launched its latest Visions in Poetry title

Launch for Randy Boyagoda's novel Governor of the Northern Province

Sep. 27, 2006: Penguin Canada launched the novel Governor of the Northern Province with help from The Walrus, where author Randy Boyagoda is a contributing editor, at the Toronto home of social commentator Allan Gregg.

Launch of Charlotte Gray's Reluctant Genius

Sep. 27, 2006: HarperCollins Canada launched Charlotte Gray's Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Invention with the help of Bell Canada, which paid for copies of the book to be distributed to attendees.

The Word on the Street

Sep. 27, 2006: Word on the Street festivals brought readers and writers together in cities across the country.

Humber School for Writers' 15th Birthday Party

Sep. 22, 2006: The Humber School for Writers celebrated its 15th birthday at Toronto's Harbourfront with reading from faculty and alumni.

Launch for Dave Stubb's Our Game: The History of Hockey

Sep. 22, 2006: Author Dave Stubbs signed copies of his new book Our Game: The History of Hockey at a Montreal Indigo store. Montreal Canadiens defenceman Sheldon Souray helped out.

Preparing for the launch of Craig Davidson's novel

Sep. 22, 2006: Penguin publicist Stephen Myers and punlicity manager David Leonard prepare for their undercard boxing match to launch Craig Davidson's novel The Fighter. Toronto poet Michael Knox answered Davidson's open challenge and will meet him in the ring on Oct. 5.

Coach House's open house

Sep. 14, 2006: Toronto's Coach House Books held an open house on Thursday, Sept. 7.

Toronto Book Awards

Sep. 11, 2006: The Toronto Book Awards for 2006 were presented on Wednesday, Sept. 6. at the City of Toronto Archives, with Dionne Brand taking the grand prize for her novel What We All Long For.

Saskatchewan Festival of Words

Aug. 10, 2006: This year's 10th anniversary edition of the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, held in Moose Jaw from July 20-23, drew more than 2,000 people, including 32 presenters.

Winnipeg authors hit Harbourfront

Aug. 09, 2006: In late July, Toronto's Harbourfront Centre held a festival dubbed "From the Peg," which included a literary roundtable with four Winnipeg authors discussing writing in and about the city.

Summer school

Jul. 27, 2006: Who needs Mark Harmon and Kirstie Alley when you have David Bezmozgis and Lisa Moore? The summer faculty at the Humber School for Writers gathered for a class photo.

Designers at the Design Exchange

Jul. 25, 2006: The Alcuin Awards for book design were officially handed out earlier this year in Vancouver, but the organizers decided to hold a smaller reception in Toronto on July 13 that also coincided with the start of an book design exhibit at the Design Exchange.

Toby Young at the Drake

Jul. 19, 2006: British author Toby Young appeared at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Tuesday, July 18, to promote his new (and second) memoir, The Sound of No Hands Clapping (HarperCollins).

Lisa Robertson reads at a Toronto Value Village

Jul. 12, 2006: To celebrate the Canadian publication of Robertson's essay collection, Occasional Works and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture, Coach House Books held an event on July 12, 2006 at a Value Village in Toronto's west end.

Blast from the past, part 1: Atlantic Book Festival

Jul. 06, 2006: Take a trip down memory lane with these photos from some of the events that made up the Atlantic Book Festival, which ran from April 20 to 29.

Blast from the past, part 2: ACP Banquet

Jul. 06, 2006: Banquet! The Association of Canadian Publishers' annual wine-and-dine, held on June 7, brings out all the CanLit honchos.

PEN Canada's Writing Life launch

Jun. 22, 2006: The University of Toronto's Hart House was the setting for the June 20 launch of Writing Life. Proceeds from sales of the anthology, published by McClelland & Stewart and edited by PEN Canada president Constance Rooke, will benefit PEN Canada.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP), a part of the Department of Canadian Heritage.