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OpenBookToronto

  1. Head to the Trillium Book Award readings on June 19th! Details: bit.ly/KMvjGA
  2. This is exciting -- an Edward Bond festival in Toronto this June: bit.ly/LiVN15
  3. "I have had a hit put out on me." David MacKinnon shares 12 unexpected facts about himself. bit.ly/KfNFmF
  4. Today's Events! @Augusten Burroughs @HarbourfrontTO; @PivotReadings w/ Sarah Goldstein, Josh Harmon & Jamie Popowich bit.ly/IXABF
  5. Today's Events! @NOWHEARTHISca Hear/Hear 17 readings; GWG: Piece by Piece Book Launch w/ Catherine C. Cole bit.ly/IXABF
  6. The latest in the Whazamo! TCAF Artist Series. Paul Gilligan, creator of Pooch Café. bit.ly/KEOj9S
  7. A profile of the incredibly talented and lovely Grace O'Connell! Her novel, Magnified World, is in stores today. bit.ly/JMepXk
  8. Today's Events! @QuattroBooks Spring Launch; Ali Kazimi in conversation with Audrey Macklin @tinars_toronto bit.ly/IXABF
  9. Today's events! Leslie Shimotakahara (@ex_lit_prof) Reading; Boneshaker Reading Series w/ Brian Dedora & Elana Wolff bit.ly/IXABF
  10. Susan Hughes talks to three kidlit booksellers about the future for children's book writers in Canada. bit.ly/KWPUuf
  11. Happening today: @MarkGDillon w/ Liz Worth at “Fifty Sides Of The Beach Boys” Launch @tinars_toronto bit.ly/IXABF
  12. Today's events! An Evening w/ @Malcgladwell @torontolibrary; @eac_acr talks "Fiction: More than a Good Story" bit.ly/IXABF
  13. "What you write about is for you, but how you write it is for the reader." Quillcast ep. 9, with Will Ferguson: bit.ly/LNGGBK
  14. Contest! Just one week left to enter to win a $200 gift certificate to your favourite bookstore. bit.ly/Jf8VVp
  15. Tony Burgess responds to George Murray's Questionless Books Interview. bit.ly/LAA0Uz
  16. Happening today: GrrrOUCH! Signing with Cathryn Morgan! bit.ly/IXABF
  17. Michel Rabagliati tells us it's "the poetry one can extract from real life" that inspired him to start making comics bit.ly/JPPmX7
  18. The Proust Questionnaire, with Scott Chantler: bit.ly/JnX75P
  19. Today's Events! How to Tend a Grave Launch w/ @sageshipley; 1812 Bicentenary Guest Lecture Series @torontolibrary bit.ly/IXABF
  20. Today's Events! Leslie Shimotakahara (@ex_lit_prof) reading @torontolibrary; @dundurnpress Spring Author Launch bit.ly/IXABF