{"id":10538,"date":"2018-07-30T12:17:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T16:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/?p=10538"},"modified":"2018-07-30T12:17:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T16:17:03","slug":"events-this-week-july-30-august-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/events-this-week-july-30-august-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Events This Week: July 30 – August 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s what Toronto has on tap in the literary sphere this week! Have an event coming up? Click here<\/a> to email us your listing!<\/p>\n

Now go, celebrate books, enjoy reading, and have fun!<\/p>\n

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July 31, 10:30am-12pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>Short Story Book Club in Berczy Park
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>Berczy Park
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Join the Toronto Public Library St Lawrence Branch and Friends of Berczy Park for their new summer book club in Berczy Park! There\u2019s no assigned pre-reading\u2014copies of the story will be handed out at the event for communal reading and discussion. Not only is this a great way to meet other members of the community \u2013 including dedicated book-lovers \u2013 it\u2019s also a great activity for anyone who wants to practice their English reading, including newcomers to Canada.
\n<\/b>Accessibility:<\/b> Contact organizer for more information.
\n<\/b>Cost:<\/b> Free
\nAdd to Calendar <\/a><\/p>\n

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July 31, 4:30-6pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>Storytelling at Stonegate Farmers\u2019 Market
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>Stonegate Farmers\u2019 Market
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Fun tales and stories galore! Come out to the Farmers’ Market on July 31st and enjoy captivating short stories for kids of all ages told by a guest storyteller.
\nAccessibility: <\/b>Stonegate Farmers\u2019 Market takes place in a parking lot that is level with an adjacent sidewalk.
\nCost:<\/b> Free
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

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August 1, 7-9pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>The Ward Uncovered Reading – Emancipation Day
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>A Different Booklist
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Join Coach House and A Different Booklist to celebrate Emancipation Day. There will be readings from The Ward Uncovered<\/i> contributors Kathy Grant and Cheryl Thompson, as well as a tribute to the late Judge George Carter\u2014one of the first Black Canadian-born judges\u2014who would have turned 97 on August 1st.
\n<\/b>Accessibility: <\/b>A Different Booklist is wheelchair accessible.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar <\/a><\/p>\n

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August 2, 4-7pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>The Word On The Street Pop-Up!
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>Dufferin Grove Farmers\u2019 Market
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Join us on August 2 from 4-7pm for The Word On The Street Pop-Up! at the Dufferin Grove Farmers\u2019 Market! Get into the vibe of our annual September festival with readings from local talent like Andrea Curtis, Priya Ramsingh, Sylv Chiang, and Georgia Webber. Anjula Gogia from Another Story Bookshop will also be interviewing our authors about their latest works, and the Toronto Poetry Slam Team will join us to finish out the evening!
\n<\/b>Accessibility:<\/b> The park is accessible by Wheel-Trans.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar <\/a><\/p>\n

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August 3, 4-8pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>Toronto Urban Book Expo (TUBE)
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>Toronto Centre for the Arts
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>TUBE celebrates urban fiction and culture. This event will feature published and independent writers selling their books at a free and family-friendly book fair. Live hip hop, R&B, reggae, and soca music will be provided by DJ Majesty.
\n<\/b>Accessibility: <\/b>Detailed accessibility information can be found here<\/a>.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar <\/a><\/p>\n

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August 3, 7-9pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>An Evening of Storytelling and Spoken Word
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>The Peoples Church
\nWhat Is It:<\/b> A spoken word workshop featuring Micah Bournes with global storytellers ready and willing to use truth to teach the transformational art of listening. All aspiring peacemakers invited. Friends, truth, food, stories, music, and PEACE.
\n<\/b>Accessibility:<\/b> Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar <\/a><\/p>\n

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August 4, 1-4pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>V.S. McGrath Book Signing
\nLocation: <\/b>Indigo Yonge & Eglinton
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>YA author V.S. McGrath will be signing copies of The Devil’s Standoff<\/i> and The Devil’s Revolver<\/i> at Indigo Books at Yonge and Eglinton from 1-4pm!
\n<\/b>Accessibility:<\/b> Contact organizer for more information.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s what Toronto has on tap in the literary sphere this week! Have an event coming up? Click here to email us your listing! Now go, celebrate books, enjoy reading, and have fun!   July 31, 10:30am-12pm Event Name: Short Story Book Club in Berczy Park Location: Berczy Park What Is It: Join the Toronto […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":10474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[154,282,283,326,299,311,274],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}