{"id":3449,"date":"2015-08-25T14:14:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T14:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontowots.wordpress.com\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2015-09-09T20:47:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T20:47:37","slug":"festival-news-2015-toronto-book-awards-finalists-to-appear-at-the-word-on-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/festival-news-2015-toronto-book-awards-finalists-to-appear-at-the-word-on-the-street\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Toronto Book Awards finalists to appear at The Word On The Street"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3449 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/alexis-andre-fifteen-dogs\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Alexis-Andre-Fifteen-Dogs-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Fifteen Dogs by Alexis Andre\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Alexis-Andre-Fifteen-Dogs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Alexis-Andre-Fifteen-Dogs-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/alexis-andre\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Alexis-Andre-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Andre Alexis\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3162\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Alexis-Andre-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Alexis-Andre-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Alexis-Andre-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Alexis-Andre-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Alexis-Andre.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3162'>\n\t\t\t\tAndr\u00e9 Alexis \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/atwood-margaret-stone-mattress\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Atwood-Margaret-Stone-Mattress-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3166\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Atwood-Margaret-Stone-Mattress-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Atwood-Margaret-Stone-Mattress-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3166'>\n\t\t\t\t2015 Toronto Books Awards Finalist\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/atwood-margaret\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Atwood-Margaret-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Margaret Atwood\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3174\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Atwood-Margaret-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Atwood-Margaret-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Atwood-Margaret-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Atwood-Margaret-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Atwood-Margaret-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Atwood-Margaret.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3174'>\n\t\t\t\tAuthor Lynn Crosbie will read on behalf of Margaret Atwood\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/st-john-mandel-emily-station-eleven\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/St.-John-Mandel-Emily-Station-Eleven-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3172\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/St.-John-Mandel-Emily-Station-Eleven-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/St.-John-Mandel-Emily-Station-Eleven-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3172'>\n\t\t\t\t2015 Toronto Books Awards Finalist\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/st-john-mandel-emily\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/St.-John-Mandel-Emily-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Emily St. John Mandel\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3180\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/St.-John-Mandel-Emily-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/St.-John-Mandel-Emily-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/St.-John-Mandel-Emily-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/St.-John-Mandel-Emily-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/St.-John-Mandel-Emily-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/St.-John-Mandel-Emily.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3180'>\n\t\t\t\tEditor Jennifer Lambert will read on behalf of Emily St. John Mandel\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/mcdougall-bruce-the-last-hockey-game\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/McDougall-Bruce-The-Last-Hockey-Game-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Last Hockey Game by Bruce McDougall\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3170\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/McDougall-Bruce-The-Last-Hockey-Game-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/McDougall-Bruce-The-Last-Hockey-Game-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3170'>\n\t\t\t\t2015 Toronto Books Awards Finalist\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/portrait-of-bruce-mcdougall\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/McDougall-Bruce-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bruce McDougall\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3178\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/McDougall-Bruce-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/McDougall-Bruce-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/McDougall-Bruce-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/McDougall-Bruce-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/McDougall-Bruce-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/McDougall-Bruce.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3178'>\n\t\t\t\tBruce McDougall\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/kuitenbrouwer-kathryn-all-the-broken-things\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Kuitenbrouwer-Kathryn-All-The-Broken-Things-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"All The Broken Things by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3168\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Kuitenbrouwer-Kathryn-All-The-Broken-Things-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Kuitenbrouwer-Kathryn-All-The-Broken-Things-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3168'>\n\t\t\t\t2015 Toronto Books Awards Finalist\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/kuitenbrouwer-kathryn\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Kuitenbrouwer-Kathryn-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Kuitenbrouwer-Kathryn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Kuitenbrouwer-Kathryn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Kuitenbrouwer-Kathryn-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Kuitenbrouwer-Kathryn-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Kuitenbrouwer-Kathryn-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Kuitenbrouwer-Kathryn.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Word On The Street Toronto is happy to host three of the five finalists for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/book_awards\/\">2015 Toronto Book Awards<\/a> at this year\u2019s festival on Sunday, September 27<sup>th<\/sup>, at Harbourfront Centre. Be among the first to hear the finalists read from their nominated books at the <strong>Toronto Book Awards Tent<\/strong>. Each attending author will read twice from their work throughout festival day, beginning at 11:00 AM.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andr<\/strong><strong>\u00e9 <\/strong><strong>Alexis<\/strong> for his apologue, <em>Fifteen Dogs<\/em>, published by Coach House Books<\/li>\n<li><strong>Margaret Atwood<\/strong> for her short fiction collection, <em>Stone Mattress<\/em>, published by McClelland and Stewart (author <strong>Lynn Crosbie<\/strong> will read on Margaret Atwood\u2019s behalf)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer<\/strong> for her novel,<em> All the Broken Things<\/em>, published by Random House Canada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bruce McDougall <\/strong>for his work of dramatic nonfiction, <em>The Last Hockey Game<\/em>, published by Goose Lane<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emily St. John Mandel<\/strong> for her novel, <em>Station Eleven<\/em>, published by Harper Avenue (editor Jennifer Lambert will read on Emily St. John Mandel\u2019s behalf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Toronto Book Awards were established by Toronto City Council in 1974 to honour authors of books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto. The winner will be announced on October 15, 2015, at the Toronto Reference Library\u2019s Bram &amp; Bluma Appel Salon. This annual awards program is produced by the City of Toronto and the Toronto Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Book Awards Tent also features a program of readings from <strong>Diaspora Dialogues<\/strong>. Diaspora Dialogues supports the creation and presentation of new fiction, poetry, and drama that reflect the complexity of the city through the eyes of its culturally diverse writers. Four writers will discuss how they got their first book published. From creative conception to publication, the writers explore how being a writer of colour may have impacted that journey. <strong>Cherie Dimaline<\/strong> (<em>Red Rooms<\/em>, <em>The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy<\/em>), <strong>Jon Chan Simpson<\/strong> (<em>Chinkstar<\/em>), <strong>Sabrina\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Ramnanan<\/strong> (<em>Nothing Like Love<\/em>), and <strong>Jael Richardson<\/strong> (<em>The Stone Thrower<\/em>) will each give a short personal talk and reading, and then come together for a lively moderated discussion.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Toronto Book Awards Tent at The Word On The Street, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/book_awards\/\">http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/book_awards\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Word On The Street Toronto is happy to host three of the five finalists for the 2015 Toronto Book Awards at this year\u2019s festival on Sunday, September 27th, at Harbourfront Centre. Be among the first to hear the finalists read from their nominated books at the Toronto Book Awards Tent. Each attending author will <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/festival-news-2015-toronto-book-awards-finalists-to-appear-at-the-word-on-the-street\/\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449"}],"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=3449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3479,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions\/3479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}