{"id":10377,"date":"2018-07-02T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/?p=10377"},"modified":"2018-06-28T15:42:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T19:42:46","slug":"events-this-week-july-1-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/events-this-week-july-1-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Events This Week: July 1-7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s what Toronto has on tap in the literary sphere this week! Have an event coming up? Email us your listing to marketing@thewordonthestreet.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

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

July 3, 7-9pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name:<\/b> “Cradles” Book Launch <\/a>
\nLocation:<\/b> Another Story Bookshop
\nWhat It Is:<\/b> Another Story Bookshop presents the Toronto book launch for: Cradles by Salimah Valiani. Cradles is a collection poems on the nature(s) and nurturing that cradle us.
\nAccessibility:<\/b> The entrance is wheelchair accessible but not the bathroom.
\nCost:<\/b> Free<\/p>\n

July 4, 7:30-9:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name:<\/b>Why is Shakespeare Shakespeare? With Zia Mohyeddin<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>Aga Khan Museum
\nWhat It Is: <\/b>Celebrated broadcaster Zia Mohyeddin picks up passages from Shakespeare\u2019s plays to illustrate why the playwright, who was called an \u201cupstart crow\u201d by the literary establishment of his time, outshone all other dramatists of his age \u2014 and many ages to follow.
\nAccessibility: <\/b>\u00a0Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\nCost: <\/b>$40, $36 Friends, $30 students and seniors.<\/p>\n

July 5, 4-7pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name:<\/b> WOTS Pop-Up!<\/a>
\nLocation:<\/b> Dufferin Grove Farmers\u2019 Market (At Dufferin Grove Park)
\nWhat It Is: <\/b>Get a sneak peek at what’s in store at our annual September festival with readings from select authors, interviewed by Susan Cole of NOW magazine! Also featuring performances by the Toronto Poetry Slam Team!
\nAccessibility:<\/b> The park is wheelchair accessible. There is a Wheel-Trans stop nearby. Ample space between booths.
\nCost: <\/b>Free.<\/p>\n

July 5, 6-7:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name: <\/b>The Mesdames Of Mayhem<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>Palmerston Library
\nWhat It Is: <\/b>Join Melodie Campbell, Cathy Dunphy, Lisa De Nikolits, Lynne Murphy and Rosemary McCracken as they discuss mystery and crime novels. Moderated by Arthur Ellis Award finalist Madeleine Callway.
\nAccessibility: <\/b>Palmerston Library is wheelchair accessible.
\nCost: <\/b>Free.<\/p>\n

July 5, 6-8pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name: <\/b>Toronto Lit Up: Uzma Jalaluddin<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>Ben McNally Books
\nWhat It Is: <\/b>The International Festival of Authors presents the release of Uzma Jalaluddin\u2018s debut novel, Ayesha At Last. Register here<\/a>.
\nAccessibility: <\/b>Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\nCost: <\/b>Free.<\/p>\n

July 5-8<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name: <\/b>Toronto Art Book Fair<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>Chinatown Centre Mall
\nWhat It Is: <\/b>The Toronto Art Book Fair is a free public festival that celebrates and explores artists’ books and printed matter. TOABF is dedicated to increasing the visibility, dissemination, appreciation, and understanding of the artists’ book and its many contemporary manifestations within the visual arts.
\nAccessibility: <\/b>Fully accessible
\nCost: <\/b>Free<\/p>\n

July 7, 6-10pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name:<\/b>The Insomniac’s Assistant – Toronto Launch<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>3 Delta Studio – Artscape Youngplace
\nWhat It Is: <\/b>Penrose Press\u2019 shiny new publication: The Insomniac’s Assistant by Sienna Tristen. Come and spend an evening drinking lemonade and eating watermelon in a beautiful old studio space in Artscape Youngplace. Sienna Tristen\u2019s debut work of poetry sheds light on all the anxieties, insecurities, and obsessions that keep us up at night\u2014then imagines a presence comforting enough to tame them.
\nAccessibility: <\/b>Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\nCost: <\/b>Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s what Toronto has on tap in the literary sphere this week! Have an event coming up? Email us your listing to marketing@thewordonthestreet.ca Now go, celebrate books, enjoy reading, and have fun! July 3, 7-9pm Event Name: “Cradles” Book Launch Location: Another Story Bookshop What It Is: Another Story Bookshop presents the Toronto book launch […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[154,272,271,275,274,273],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10378,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10377\/revisions\/10378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}