{"id":12030,"date":"2018-09-17T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/?p=12030"},"modified":"2018-09-14T12:52:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T16:52:53","slug":"events-this-week-september-17-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/events-this-week-september-17-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Events This Week: September 17-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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!<\/p>\n<p>Now go, celebrate books, enjoy reading, and have fun!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">September 17, 7pm<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Event Name: <\/b>Inkling Book Launch<br \/>\n<b>Location: <\/b>Revue Cinema<br \/>\n<b>What Is It: <\/b>Join bestselling author Kenneth Oppel and illustator Sydney Smith for a celebration of their new middle-grade novel!<br \/>\n<b>Accessibility: <\/b>Contact organizer for accessibility details.<br \/>\n<b>Cost: <\/b>Free<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MG5rMXVzYTRlNm84a2JoMGZrb3NzaGVrZ2Egd290c2V2ZW50c0Bt&amp;tmsrc=wotsevents%40gmail.com\">Add to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">September 17, 8-10:15pm<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Event Name: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/264694267687860\/\">Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids Toronto<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Location: <\/b>The Royal Cinema<br \/>\n<b>What Is It: <\/b>Travel back in time to remember the good, bad, and awkward parts of growing up. Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids is a live, open-mic storytelling event where courageous adults share their childhood and teenage writing on stage. This event will feature a mix of 2018 The Word On The Street authors and other readers.<br \/>\n<b>Accessibility: <\/b>The Royal has 5 accessible sections which you can reserve when completing the form to purchase tickets. One of the accessible seating areas has space for two mobility devices and a small section behind for the party to join. The other three are for single mobile devices with 2-3 seats beside them. Please note that the Royal does not have accessible washrooms.<br \/>\n<b>Cost: <\/b>$16.95 (tax included)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NDk0Yms0amd2a3RzYjBvbnZvNmJxaXBvOGcgd290c2V2ZW50c0Bt&amp;tmsrc=wotsevents%40gmail.com\">Add to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">September 19, 8pm-12am<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Event Name:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1661492810642818\/\">ChiSeries Toronto: New Voices in Genre Fiction!<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Location: <\/b>ROUND venue<br \/>\n<b>What Is It: <\/b>A special ChiSeries event! Readings by new writers in SF, fantasy and horror. Featuring Ben Kinzett, Caitlin Laura, Jordan Sharpe, Leigh Teetzel and more! Guest host Stephen Michell! Music by Kari Maaren!<br \/>\n<b>Accessibility: <\/b>Contact organizer for accessibility details.<br \/>\n<b>Cost: <\/b>Free<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NGduMzN1bmQ4ZmZlM2ZqZWI3ZjQ1am1hNjMgd290c2V2ZW50c0Bt&amp;tmsrc=wotsevents%40gmail.com\">Add to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">September 20, 7-9pm<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Event Name:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1736866119766197\/\">All of Us in Our Own Lives Book Launch<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Location: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/books-around-town-another-story-bookshop\/\">Another Story Bookshop<\/a><br \/>\n<b>What Is It: <\/b>Another Story Bookshop and Freehand Books present the Toronto launch for <i>All of Us in Our Own Lives<\/i> by Manjushree Thapa. Featuring a reading by Manjushree Thapa and conversation with Devyani Saltzman.<br \/>\n<b>Accessibility: <\/b>The entrance is wheelchair accessible but the bathroom is down a narrow flight of stairs.<br \/>\n<b>Cost: <\/b>Free<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MThpaWIwZzZrcXVzOGZkNjNkaWdhNmYzNGggd290c2V2ZW50c0Bt&amp;tmsrc=wotsevents%40gmail.com\">Add to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">September 20, 7:30-9:30pm<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Event Name: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1883667481749818\/\">Toronto Lit Up: The Unpublished City II<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Location: <\/b>Harbourfront Centre<br \/>\n<b>What Is It: <\/b>After the release of Toronto Book Award nominated anthology, The Unpublished City, the Toronto International Festival of Authors and Book*hug invite you to the release of its sequel, The Unpublished City II. In this iteration, the collection features creative non-fiction from Toronto\u2019s emerging literary talents as part of the Toronto Lit Up book launch series.<br \/>\n<b>Accessibility: <\/b>The Harbourfront Centre is wheelchair accessible.<br \/>\n<b>Cost: <\/b>Free with registration<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=M2NldGFidXFzZ2p1MHNlZGN0YnRuNmhyNXIgd290c2V2ZW50c0Bt&amp;tmsrc=wotsevents%40gmail.com\">Add to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">September 22, 12-5:30pm<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Event Name: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2360111954015444\/\">WOTS Plus+: Belonging, citizenship and books!<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Location: <\/b>Harbourfront Centre<br \/>\n<b>What Is It: <\/b>One day just isn&#8217;t enough\u2014so we&#8217;re introducing WOTS Plus+! Join us on Saturday, September 22 for a whole new day of discussion and panels on belonging, citizenship and how we make sense of the world through stories!<br \/>\n<b>Accessibility: <\/b>The Harbourfront Centre is wheelchair accessible.<br \/>\n<b>Cost: <\/b>Free<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=Mmk3bWNucHI0NXYxcjZwMzRtanJlaGczaHEgd290c2V2ZW50c0Bt&amp;tmsrc=wotsevents%40gmail.com\">Add to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">September 23, 10am-5pm<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Event Name: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/661392477581223\/\">The Word On The Street Toronto<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Location: <\/b>Harbourfront Centre<br \/>\n<b>What Is It: <\/b>This year, The Word On The Street Toronto returns to The Harbourfront Centre bigger and better than ever before! Check out workshops at our Wordshop Marquee; dive into programming at our Indigenous Voices, Vibrant Voices of Ontario, and Amazon.ca Bestsellers tents and stages\u2014plus 12 more awesome programming venues!<br \/>\n<b>Accessibility: <\/b>The Harbourfront Centre is wheelchair accessible.<br \/>\n<b>Cost: <\/b>Free<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=N2RpanBzOWhqZGRiZWUwNzByM2NtZWRubmkgd290c2V2ZW50c0Bt&amp;tmsrc=wotsevents%40gmail.com\">Add to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Want to keep up with the WOTS blog? Sign up for our newsletter<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.e2ma.net\/signup\/1879562\/1351170\/\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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! &nbsp; September 17, 7pm Event Name: Inkling Book Launch Location: Revue Cinema What Is It: Join bestselling author Kenneth Oppel and illustator <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/events-this-week-september-17-23\/\">[&#8230;]<\/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":[283,299,371,370,360],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030"}],"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=12030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12031,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030\/revisions\/12031"}],"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=12030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}