{"id":11922,"date":"2018-09-10T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2018-09-06T12:45:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T16:45:46","slug":"events-this-week-september-10-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/events-this-week-september-10-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Events This Week: September 10-16"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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September 12, 7-8:30pm<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>Event Name: <\/b>Meet Author Dav Pilkey!<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>Location: <\/b>Monarch Park Collegiate Institute<\/span>
\n<\/span>What Is It: <\/b>Go meet Dav Pilkey, author of the bestselling <\/span>Dog Man<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Captain Underpants<\/span><\/i> series! This awesome event will feature a presentation and live drawing by Dav Pilkey followed by a meet-and-greet, fun activities and photo opportunities, and a signed copy of his newest <\/span>Dog Man<\/span><\/i> book. <\/span>
\n<\/span>Accessibility: <\/b>Contact organizer for accessibility information.<\/span>
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>$20<\/span>
\n<\/span>Add to Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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September 12, 7-9:30pm<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>Event Name: <\/b>Journey Back to You Book Launch<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>Location: <\/b>Coldstream Fine Art<\/span>
\n<\/span>What Is It:<\/b> Celebrate recovery month and the launch of Danielle McCarron’s book: Journey Back to You with a night of recovery, self-healing and storytelling. There will be a Q&A, book signing, giveaways, and more!<\/span>
\n<\/span>Accessibility: <\/b>Contact organizer for accessibility information. <\/span>
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free with registration<\/span>
\n<\/span>Add to Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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September 13, 6:30-8:30pm<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>Event Name: <\/b>Book Launch: Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>Location: <\/b>Glad Day Bookshop<\/span>
\n<\/span>What Is It: <\/b>Speakers Nancy Nicol, Jane Wothaya Thirikwa, Maurice Tomlinson and Amar Wahab will be discussing the anthology <\/span>Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights<\/span><\/i>. It is a book for activists as well as academics and researchers and all those interested in advancing social justice and rights for LGBTIQ people.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Accessibility: <\/b>Glad Day Bookshop is wheelchair accessible. <\/span>
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free<\/span>
\n<\/span>Add to Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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September 14, 7-8pm<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>Event Name: <\/b>Anne T. Donahue: A Beautiful Disaster<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>Location: <\/b>Toronto Reference Library<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>What Is It: <\/b>Join host Jessica Allen for a conversation with Anne T. Donahue, author of “Nobody Cares”, a frank, funny personal essay collection about work, failure, feminism, and the messy business of being alive in your twenties and thirties. <\/span>
\n<\/span>Accessibility: <\/b>The Toronto Reference library is wheelchair accessible. <\/span>
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free with registration. <\/span>
\n<\/span>Add to Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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September 14-16<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>Event Name: <\/b>Weekend of Words<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>Location: <\/b>St. Matthew’s Clubhouse<\/span>
\n<\/span>What Is It: <\/b>The Weekend of Words is a free, three-day celebration of language and literary arts in east Toronto, from September 14-16 at St. Matthew\u2019s Clubhouse, featuring literary performances, workshops, and more!<\/span>
\n<\/span>Accessibility: <\/b>There is a wheelchair ramp to the entrance. Contact organizer for more accessibility details.<\/span>
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free<\/span>
\n<\/span>Add to Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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September 16, 10am-12:30pm<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>Event Name: <\/b>Ben McNally Books and Brunch<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>Location:<\/b> The Omni King Edward Hotel<\/span>
\n<\/span>What Is It: <\/b>Get some brunch and hear presentations from authors about their books! Featuring Merve Emre, James Fitzgerald, Kate Walbert, and Iain Reid. There is no reserved seating, and each table seats ten people.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Accessibility: <\/b>Contact organizer for accessibility details<\/span>
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>$55<\/span>
\n<\/span>Add to Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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September 16, 4-6pm<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>Event Name: <\/b>Book Launch for Grandmother’s Visit by Betty Quan and Carmen Mok<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>Location: <\/b>Another Story Bookshop<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>What Is It: <\/b>Please join Betty Quan and Carmen Mok for a celebration of their beautiful picture book Grandmother\u2019s Visit.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Accessibility: <\/b>The entrance to Another Story Bookshop is wheelchair accessible but their bathroom is down a narrow flight of stairs<\/span>
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free<\/span>
\n<\/span>Add to Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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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!   September 12, 7-8:30pm Event Name: Meet Author Dav Pilkey! Location: Monarch Park Collegiate Institute What Is It: Go meet Dav Pilkey, […]<\/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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922"}],"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=11922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11923,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions\/11923"}],"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=11922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}