{"id":2505,"date":"2014-10-03T16:44:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T16:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontowots.wordpress.com\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2014-10-03T16:44:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T16:44:22","slug":"amazon-ca-bestsellers-stage-at-the-word-on-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/amazon-ca-bestsellers-stage-at-the-word-on-the-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon.ca Bestsellers Stage at The Word On The Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With 15 programming stages, over 200 authors and presenters, and hundreds of book and magazine vendors in the exhibitor marketplace, it&#8217;s a sad fact that it&#8217;s just not possible to see it all in person at The Word On The Street Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>But we have great news for those who missed the action at the <strong>Amazon.ca Bestsellers Stage<\/strong> on Sunday September 21st. We&#8217;re pleased to share with you footage of four of the programming segments that appeared on the stage this year. Sit back and enjoy these fascinating conversations and readings!<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nSpring Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tICOjqXEP6U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Authors<strong> Claire Cameron<\/strong> (<em>The Bear<\/em>), <strong>Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer<\/strong> (<em>All the Broken Things<\/em>), <strong>Sean Michaels<\/strong> (<em>Us Conductors<\/em>), and <strong>Shani Mootoo<\/strong> (<em>Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab<\/em>) come together for a roundtable discussion of their spring successes, hosted by <em>Chatelaine<\/em> Books Editor Laurie Grassi.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nHorror and History: Tales from the Dark<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tKJytiEz6LE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some of the best genre fiction writers from Canada come together to bring their dark tales to life. <strong>John McFetridge<\/strong> (<em>Black Rock: An Eddie Dougherty Mystery<\/em>), <strong>Andrew Pyper<\/strong> (<em>The Demonologist<\/em>), <strong>Russell Wangersky<\/strong> (<em>Walt<\/em>), and <strong>Jeffrey Round<\/strong> (<em>Pumpkin Eater<\/em>) share their thoughts on how to write horror and history to keep you on the edge of your seat. Hosted by <em>The Globe and Mail<\/em>&#8216;s arts editor, Jared Bland.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>City Hall: Fact or Fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T35xC0UYkgw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bestselling authors <strong>Robyn Doolittle<\/strong> (<em>Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story<\/em>) and <strong>Robert Rotenberg<\/strong> (<em>Stranglehold<\/em>) discuss the blurred line between fiction and reality at City Hall.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The Boundless<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_fDf6kIi8oU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenneth Oppel<\/strong>, Governor General&#8217;s Award-winning author of the <em>Airborn<\/em> series and <em>Silverwing Saga,\u00a0<\/em>takes to the stage with his latest release, <em>The Boundless<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 15 programming stages, over 200 authors and presenters, and hundreds of book and magazine vendors in the exhibitor marketplace, it&#8217;s a sad fact that it&#8217;s just not possible to see it all in person at The Word On The Street Toronto. But we have great news for those who missed the action at the <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/amazon-ca-bestsellers-stage-at-the-word-on-the-street\/\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"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\/2505"}],"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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}