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The Word On The Street Toronto<\/a> is pleased to announce a new partnership with\u00a0The International Festival of Authors (IFOA) <\/a>which will bring together Canada\u2019s two largest book festivals to one home on the waterfront. Beginning in 2015, The Word On The Street Toronto will relocate to the IFOA site<\/strong>, making Toronto\u2019s lakefront the true literary heart of the city.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n “After 25 years of The Word On The Street Toronto and a decade of calling Queen’s Park our home, we’re thrilled to take the next step in 2015, by relocating the festival to Harbourfront Centre\u201d says The Word On The Street Director Heather Kanabe.<\/strong> \u201cWith the support of our partners, loyal community, and IFOA, this move will allow us to use both outdoor and indoor spaces to enhance our author programming and vibrant exhibitor marketplace. We\u2019re confident that the Harbourfront Centre\u2019s excellent facilities and beautiful lakeside location will help ensure the festival’s success for years to come.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The move will coincide with the expected completion of the Queens Quay Revitalization project in spring 2015. The IFOA site is already fully accessible via public transit and is only a brief 10-minute walk from both Union Station and Toronto\u2019s Entertainment District by way of Lower Simcoe Street. Starting in 2015, The Word On The Street (September) and IFOA (October) will together bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to Harbourfront Centre.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThis natural partnership will combine the power of two great Canadian literary brands,\u201d says IFOA Director Geoffrey E. Taylor. <\/strong>\u201cAt IFOA we have spent decades as a hub for the Canadian and international literary communities, and we are now excited to become even more engaged with the vibrant community of readers and writers here in Toronto.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Word On The Street Toronto is pleased to announce a new partnership with\u00a0The International Festival of Authors (IFOA) which will bring together Canada\u2019s two largest book festivals to one home on the waterfront. Beginning in 2015, The Word On The Street Toronto will relocate to the IFOA site, making Toronto\u2019s lakefront the true […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172"}],"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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2313,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172\/revisions\/2313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}