"My name is Joe, and I AM Canadian!" How did a beer ad become a
national anthem? When did Olympic opening ceremonies become an
advertisement for national superiority? What do toques and canoes have
to do with nationalism? Canadian couch potatoes need wonder no longer.
This book by award-winning Toronto-based author, media theorist,
filmmaker and professor Marusya Bociurkiw examines how affect
(passionate sites of feeling) and consumerism work together to produce
shows like Canada A Peoples' History, North of 60, and television
coverage of the 2010 Olympics. As Canadian TV expert Michelle Byers
writes, "Providing anecdotes that most readers will be very familiar
with, Bociurkiw's analysis situates us firmly within the context of

The government is trying to push through a set of electronic surveillance laws that will invade your privacy and cost you money. The plan is to force every phone and Internet provider to allow "authorities" to collect the private information of any Canadian, at any time, without a warrant.

Please join us for this event featuring a book launch, viewing of (un)Lawful Access -- a mini-documentary that features some of Canada's leading legal and privacy experts, who explain the dangers of the federal government's impending 'Lawful Access' legislation, dubbed 'Online Spying' by Canadians -- both technical and political panels and questions and further activities.

6:00pm - 7:00pm: Book Launch: The Internet Tree: The State of Telecom Policy in Canada 3.0

Join Groundwood Books at the book launch for A Few Blocks by Cybele Young!

Told through the eyes of a child, this ordinary event is transformed into a wonderful adventure. The children's fantasy world is beautifully illustrated with Cybele Young's intricate 3-D paper sculptures, created from paintings she made of contemporary street scenes.

Come celebrate the launch of the first book about Toronto's G20 protests with a night of music, drinks, and general good times. 

Whose Streets? The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest is a compilation of first hand testimonials and academic articles written by activists who helped organize the mobilizations, demonstrators and passersby who were arbitrarily arrested and detained, and scholars committed to the theory and practice of confronting neoliberal capitalism. It also provides analysis about resisting the right-wing corporate agenda that we can channel into the young but inspiring Occupy movement.

Join Derrick O'Keefe at People's Coop Bookstore to celebrate the release of his new book Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil? Doors at 6:30pm. There'll be drinks and light refreshments. In addition to buying the book, you are strongly encouraged to take out a membership with the oldest independent bookstore in B.C.!

RSVP on the Facebook page.

Roy Miki will be launching his newest book Mannequin Rising -- along with Louis Cabri, launching his own brand-new Poetryworld (Capilano University Editions).

The launch will feature short readings by the authors as well as refreshments.

Meet local writer Grant Buday , who'll be launching Stranger On a Strange Island , his brand-new account of making the move from big city Bohemia to bucolic Mayne.