{"id":11826,"date":"2018-08-27T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/?p=11826"},"modified":"2018-08-23T14:46:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T18:46:57","slug":"events-this-week-august-27-september-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/events-this-week-august-27-september-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Events This Week: August 27-September 2"},"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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August 27, 1-3pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>Not So Blue Mondays
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>Brain Injury Society of Toronto
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>A new creative drop-in at the Brain Injury Society of Toronto to create and present music, poetry, short stories, and more!
\nAccessibility:<\/b> Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

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August 27, 7-8:30pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>Bi+ Book Club<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>March\u00e9 M\u00f6venpick Canada
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Join Toronto’s first bi+ book club – open to all bisexual, pansexual, fluid, polysexual or other non-monosexual folks. This month they are discussing A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir by Daisy Hern\u00e1ndez. Just look for the crochet cactus and you\u2019ll have found them!
\nAccessibility:<\/b> Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

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August 27, 7-10pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name:<\/b> Common Readings: The August Edition
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>Campbell House
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Join Common Readings for a summer evening of poetry! Come hear Jessie Jones, Marc di Saverio, and Emilia Nielsen share their work.
\nAccessibility:<\/b> A ramp leading to the backdoor provides access to the main floor, however there is no elevator or ramp to the upper or lower levels. Washrooms are located on the lower level and are not wheelchair accessible.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>PWYC
\nAdd to Calendar <\/a><\/p>\n

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August 29, 2-3pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>Storytime in Spanish with Yannis Lobaina
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>Bloor\/Gladstone Library
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Celebrating Toronto\u2019s Spanish-speaking community through stories, songs, and collages! Writer and filmmaker Yannis Lobaina will be leading you through the creation of some handmade books?. These books will be filled with the stories and ideas of those who attend this event. All supplies will be provided, the only thing you need to bring is your imagination.
\nAccessibility:<\/b> Bloor\/Gladstone Library is wheelchair accessible.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

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August 29, 6-8pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>“Ready Vessels” Book Launch\/Poetry Night
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>Common People Shop
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>EVE will be launching their second volume of work called Ready Vessels<\/i> written by Magdalin Livingston. Celebrate the night with a line-up of female poets celebrating their empowerment and this collection of beautiful work.
\nAccessibility:<\/b> Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>$10-25
\nAdd to Calendar <\/a><\/p>\n

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August 29, 7-9pm<\/span>
\nEvent Name: <\/b>Big Island, Small<\/i> Toronto Launch
\n<\/a>Location: <\/b>A Different Booklist
\n<\/a>What Is It: <\/b>All are welcome to attend the Toronto launch of Maureen St. Clair’s debut novel, Big Island, Small<\/i>.
\nAccessibility:<\/b> A Different Booklist is wheelchair accessible.
\n<\/b>Cost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar <\/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!   August 27, 1-3pm Event Name: Not So Blue Mondays Location: Brain Injury Society of Toronto What Is It: A new creative […]<\/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":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11826"}],"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=11826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11828,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11826\/revisions\/11828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}