Join us for a lunch-time book launch - Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism
on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay, by Yves Engler
and Bianca Mugyenyi, Fernwood Press.

Drop by the Manitoba Eco-Centre (3rd flr, 303 Portage) to hear
author/activist Yves Engler discuss his latest book on the ecological
and economic problems of North America's automobile culture.

Reviews and summary blurb:

A performance adaptation of the graphic novel The Listener by Jean Smith
that includes indie rock duo Mecca Normal.

Tuesday, JUNE 7, 5-7 pm (WINNIPEG): Book signing only, McNally-Robinson,
Grant Park Mall, 1120 Grant Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3M 2A6

Wed, JUNE 8, 7:30 pm (WINNIPEG): Book launch, Mondragon Bookstore &
Coffeehouse, 91 Albert St., Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1G5.

Friday, JUNE 10, 6-8 pm, (TORONTO): Type Books, 883 Queen Street West,
Toronto, ON M6J 1G3. 416-366-8973. FREE. Sponsored by Broken Pencil.
Includes a Q&A with the author by Hal Niedzviecki.

Summer is just around the corner in Montreal; springtime is here, and with it the annual literary gathering known as the Blue Metropolis Festival, which recently welcomed to its stage renowned author, essayist and liberal activist Gore Vidal to set the tone for the literary happenings to come.

As the octogenarian was wheeled on to the dais, he paused, as if to announce himself to the crowd, and was overcome by the appreciative applause from the 600-plus crowd.

Before the night was over he was labelled as "cantankerous" by one young student, held up as the greatest U.S. president they never had by another, and would thoroughly entertain, if not enlighten, the congregated mass, though a dozen or so walked out before his talk had concluded.

Featuring Sean Dixon ( The Many Revenges of Kip Flynn ), Helen Guri ( Match ), Jonathan Bennett, Tony Burgess, Gerry Fostaty and Gillian Sze. 

free

Book sales by Words Worth Books

Launching new editions of two of Jones's most influential works - his sole poetry collection, The Brave Never Write Poetry, and his posthumously published novel, 1978 - the evening will feature readings from die-hard Jones fans among the Canadian literary community - Ken Babstock, Jeffrey Canton, Kevin Connolly, Lynn Crosbie, Nathaniel G. Moore, Damian Rogers and Liz Worth - and will be followed by music from Jones's era - Toronto and Hamilton punk from the late 70s and early 80s spun by Mark Pesci .

Please join us for...
Draft 6.6
with new work by

Michelle Alfano
Baila Ellenbogen
Catherine Graham
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
Nicholas Power

With the $5 admission fee comes a copy of Draft, a limited-edition publication available only at these readings.

For further information call 416 433-4170
email draftreadings@gmail.com
or visit our Facebook Page

We are grateful to the Canada Council through The Writers' Union of Canada, as well as to the League of Canadian Poets and the Toronto Arts Council for their support of this reading.

Join Zoe Whittall as part of the Pivot Reading Series.

What is it like to grow into adulthood with the "war on terror" as your defining political memory, with SARS and Hurricane Katrina as your backdrop? In this robust, elegantly plotted, and ultimately life-affirming novel, Zoe Whittall presents a dazzling portrait of a generation we've rarely seen in literature -- the twenty-five-year olds who grew up on anti-anxiety meds, text-messaging each other truncated emotional reactions, unsure of what's public and what's private.

Join author Andre Alexis for a reading and discussion of his new book of short stories, Beauty and Sadness.

This event is free.

Welcome to G20 Reading Week!

What happened in Toronto and why do we need to fundraise?

No One Can Tell Your Story But You

Pink Ink's annual zine launch: An all ages event.