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Save the date for the BOOK LAUNCH of Yellow Watch: journey of a Portuguese woman. AN EVENING OF DRINKS, TAPAS, & STORIES. With author CARMELINDA SCIAN & special guest LABONI ISLAM. Come for a chat & a bite! Books on sale!
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Yellow Watch: Book Launch

Casa Do Alentejo Community Centre 1130 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join us for the book launch party for YELLOW WATCH: JOURNEY OF A PORTUGUESE WOMAN by Carmelinda Scian! The book launch party for Yellow Watch: Journey of a Portuguese Woman by Carmelinda Scian is coming your way on September 15! Swing by the Casa Do Alentejo Community Centre and enjoy some beer, Portuguese tapas, stories, and music! Books will be on sale and Carmelinda will be there to chat and sign your copy. Joining her will be…

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BRUNCHY SUNDAY READINGS – Wild Threads Literary Festival

Featuring Mi’kmaw poet Rebecca Thomas, RBC’s PEN Canada New Voices Award Winner in 2022, Fareh Malik, along with music by Inn Echo. Join us for some Brunchy Sunday readings. Sponsored by Mawenzi House and Nimbus Publishing, this event will feature award-winning Mi’kmaw poet Rebecca Thomas and RBC’s PEN Canada New Voices Award Winner in 2022, Fareh Malik. Accompanied by the captivating Atlantic Canadian Instrumentalists Inn Echo, this event aims to satisfy both culinary and literary…

Mawenzi House presents the book launch of IN THE BOWL OF MY EYE. author KEITH GAREBIAN. special guest GAVIN BARRETT
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In the Bowl of My Eye: Book Launch

Supermarket Bar and Variety 268 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join us for the launch of IN THE BOWL OF MY EYE by Keith Garebian! Come celebrate the book launch for In the Bowl of My Eye by Keith Garebian on September 18! Drop by the Supermarket Bar & Variety in Kensington and enjoy some poetry and snacks. Joining Keith will be fellow poet and special guest Gavin Barrett. Both Keith and Gavin's books will be on sale.   Keith Garebian (son of an Armenian father and Anglo-Indian…

Poetic Journeys: Shani Mootoo & Pamela Mordecai

Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Inner journeys and voyages of discovery define the latest works of celebrated Canadian writers Shani Mootoo and Pamela Mordecai. Giller-shortlisted writer and visual artist Shani Mootoo brings us Cane | Fire, an immersive and vivid collection that marks a long-awaited return to poetry. Through evocative and sensual prose, Mootoo’s narrator moves from Ireland to San Fernando, and finally to Canada – triggering questions about making and reimagining a life. Mordecai presents de book of Joseph: A Performance Poem, the third…

Poetry Reading: Pamela Mordecai & Shani Mootoo

Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Find your poetry fix at our Stage in the Park and hear two of Canada’s best poets with Shani Mootoo and Pamela Mordecai readings from their poetry collections. Mordecai’s de book of Joseph, the third book in her epic trilogy based on characters and stories from the Bible pays tribute to her Jamaican culture and the vernacular. Mootoo’s Cane | Fire is a memoir in verse, following the narrator’s personal journey from Ireland to San Fernando to Canada, elevating the story with…

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what’s on: Choosing Hope: One Woman. Three Cancers.

Woodside Square Library 1571 Sandhurst Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Munira Premji presents her first book, "Choosing Hope: One Woman. Three Cancers." (Mawenzi House, 2020) as a focus for an inspirational talk about living through 3 advanced cancers within a 5-year period, and learning to thrive in the face of major challenges. The presentation will include a reading, a Q&A, and insights on coping strategies when faced with adversity.   Register in person or by telephone at Woodside Square Library, space is limited.

Toronto Through the Looking Glass: Didier Leclair & Mariam Pirbhai

Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Through their latest novels, authors Didier Leclair and Mariam Pirbhai examine Canada’s often-touted openness and multiculturalism under a closer lens. Leclair’s Toronto, I Love You (translated by Elaine Kennedy) is part love letter, part social critique. After fleeing unrest and misery in Benin, protagonist Raymond Dossougbé is initially enamored with his new home in Toronto, but he soon begins to uncover complex social dynamics in a community unwilling to adapt. In Isolated Incident, Mariam Pirbhai gives voice to Muslim communities confronted by Islamophobia. When…

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World in Other Words: Celebrating Toronto’s Tamil Stories

Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Meet storytellers from unique communities around the world and across the local neighbourhoods of Toronto in the World in Other Words. Curated by Nedra Rodrigo, this event features established and emerging voices from the Tamil writing community in Ontario. With a mix of readings, poetry and short films, the showcase will celebrate the vibrant community of Torontonian storytellers sharing Tamil experiences. This event is presented in partnership with Tam Fam Lit Jam. Participants: Geetha Sukumaran Devakanathan…

Celebrating Stories with Shani Mootoo and Pamela Mordecai

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Join award-winning writer and visual artist Shani Mootoo in conversation with award-winning poet, writer and scholar, Pamela Mordecai, as they discuss the vast landscape of own voices literature and their roles as storytellers. This program is presented as part of the Ancestral Voices series. Presented in partnership with York, Durham and Peel Region Libraries.   Shani Mootoo was born in Ireland and grew up in Trinidad. She is an author and multimedia visual artist. Her…

Isolated Incident & Under Siege: En-Counters with Islamophobia

Another Story Bookshop 315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

Join Another Story Bookshop for a special event with Mariam Pirhbai and Jasmin Zine discussing their new books Isolated Incident & Under Siege In Store Free, all welcome Featuring a conversation with  Dr. Kathrine Bullock and poetry reading by Fareh Malik.