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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Diaspora Dialogues - Young Writers from the Edge
Join us this March as high school students in Etobicoke, Danforth-Crescent Town, Jamestown and Malvern present their brand new creative writing at reading events in their neighbourhoods.
Freedom to Read Week - Child Soldier. TOMORROW EVENIING!
In celebration of Freedom to Read Week 2010, PEN Canada, in association with Toronto Public Library, presents
Child Soldier: Banned in Canada? Orwellian language and our human rights obligations
A panel discussion with:
Afua Cooper, scholar, author and poet
Mark Kingwell, philosopher and critic
Judy Rebick, social justice expert and activist
Moderated by Carol Off, author and broadcaster
Friday, February 26, 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.
$10 at the door
All proceeds go to PEN Canada.
Toronto Reference Library, Atrium
789 Yonge St.
Child Soldier: Banned in Canada? Orwellian language and our human rights obligations
A panel discussion with:
Afua Cooper, scholar, author and poet
Mark Kingwell, philosopher and critic
Judy Rebick, social justice expert and activist
Moderated by Carol Off, author and broadcaster
Friday, February 26, 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.
$10 at the door
All proceeds go to PEN Canada.
Toronto Reference Library, Atrium
789 Yonge St.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Toronto Star and the Toronto Public Library launch biggest short story contest in Canada
The contest, which will be judged by a top-flight panel, carries a grand prize of $5,000 plus the tuition fee for the creative writing correspondence program at the Humber School for Writers.
For full contest rules, visit: www.thestar.com/contests
In addition to the first prize, there will be a $2,000 second prize and $1,000 for the third-place winner.
The Toronto Public Library will be a partner with the Star in presenting the prestigious contest, which in past years has attracted up to 3,000 entries.
This year the Humber School for Writers will also be a partner in the contest.
The judges for the 2010 contest are Elyse Friedman, an award-winning author of short stories, novels and poetry; Jane Pyper, city librarian of the Toronto Public Library; Matthew Church, chair of the Toronto Public Library Board; Richard Ouzounian, theatre critic for the Toronto Star and author of six books; and Geoff Pevere, the Star’s books columnist who has been reviewing, writing and teaching about film and books for more than 25 years.
The winners will be announced in April during the Toronto Public Library’s celebration of Keep Toronto Reading Month and will be published in the Star.
Deadline for submitting entries is Feb. 28, 2010
For full contest rules, visit: www.thestar.com/contests
LIFT OUT LOUD Call for Televison Pilot Submissions
The popular screenplay reading series LIFT OUT LOUD is looking for television pilots for our April event. Please send submissions as a PDF to liftoutloud@ gmail.com by February 22nd
Brockton Writers Series 6
Join us Tuesday March 2, 7-9pm at Zoots Cafe, 1438 Dundas Street West, to hear readings by:
Anthony De Sa
Jenny Sampirisi
Lesley McAllister
Anthony De Sa grew up in Toronto’s Portuguese community. His short fiction has been published in several North American literary magazines. Barnacle Love is Anthony's first book. It was critically acclaimed and became a finalist for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2009 Toronto Book Award. His novel, Carnival of Desire, slotted for a 2011 release, will be set in 1977, the year a twelve-year-old shoeshine boy named Emanuel Jaques was brutally raped and murdered in Toronto. Anthony graduated from University of Toronto and did his post-graduate work at Queen’s University. He attended The Humber School for Writers, Ryerson University and now heads the English department and directs the creative writing program at a high school for the arts. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three boys.
Jenny Sampirisi is all those things that her bio says she is: an editor, writer, teacher, organizer and so on. She Screams (.ca), she BookThugs (.com), she New Schools (on College), and she simultaneously is and was. She'll read from a new manuscript called Croak for all the legitimate frogs and girls who spend their time at Zoots!
Lesley McAllister is a Toronto poet, fiction writer and journalist. Her work has appeared in anthologies, magazines, newspapers and on radio. She has published two works of fiction. Her poetry book Between You And Me was published in 2008 by The Mercury Press.
There will also be a 15 minute open mic session at the end. Please sign up at 6:50pm for this. There will be three 5 minute spots.
Free! Books, drinks and other goodies available for sale. Lots of time for neighbourly chat.
If you a writer who lives, works, hangs out in the Brockton area (loosely defined as the West Toronto neighbourhood bordered by Lansdowne, College, Queen and Gladstone--but we're flex about geography), contact farzanadoctor@rogers.com to be included in a future event.
All genres, experience level, ages, styles etc welcome!
Anthony De Sa
Jenny Sampirisi
Lesley McAllister
Anthony De Sa grew up in Toronto’s Portuguese community. His short fiction has been published in several North American literary magazines. Barnacle Love is Anthony's first book. It was critically acclaimed and became a finalist for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2009 Toronto Book Award. His novel, Carnival of Desire, slotted for a 2011 release, will be set in 1977, the year a twelve-year-old shoeshine boy named Emanuel Jaques was brutally raped and murdered in Toronto. Anthony graduated from University of Toronto and did his post-graduate work at Queen’s University. He attended The Humber School for Writers, Ryerson University and now heads the English department and directs the creative writing program at a high school for the arts. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three boys.
Jenny Sampirisi is all those things that her bio says she is: an editor, writer, teacher, organizer and so on. She Screams (.ca), she BookThugs (.com), she New Schools (on College), and she simultaneously is and was. She'll read from a new manuscript called Croak for all the legitimate frogs and girls who spend their time at Zoots!
Lesley McAllister is a Toronto poet, fiction writer and journalist. Her work has appeared in anthologies, magazines, newspapers and on radio. She has published two works of fiction. Her poetry book Between You And Me was published in 2008 by The Mercury Press.
There will also be a 15 minute open mic session at the end. Please sign up at 6:50pm for this. There will be three 5 minute spots.
Free! Books, drinks and other goodies available for sale. Lots of time for neighbourly chat.
If you a writer who lives, works, hangs out in the Brockton area (loosely defined as the West Toronto neighbourhood bordered by Lansdowne, College, Queen and Gladstone--but we're flex about geography), contact farzanadoctor@rogers.com to be included in a future event.
All genres, experience level, ages, styles etc welcome!
Masala! Mehndi! Masti! Winterfest
The link below is to the first Masala! Mehndi! Masti! winter event:
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/festivals/masalamehndimasti/index.cfm
And perhaps what should stand out inside a DD mandate are the following events:
Friday, February 19th
10:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Music: A Musical Trip - 10 Years of LAL (with our own DD person, Rosina Kazi!!)
Saturday, February 20th
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Music/Literary Arts: Sheniz Janmohamed - The Universe Within: a Sufi-Inspired Poetry Performance
4:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Theatre: "Tea with Tagore" presented by Rasik Arts
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Theatre: "Meri Khiani" (My Story)
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/festivals/masalamehndimasti/index.cfm
And perhaps what should stand out inside a DD mandate are the following events:
Friday, February 19th
10:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Music: A Musical Trip - 10 Years of LAL (with our own DD person, Rosina Kazi!!)
Saturday, February 20th
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Music/Literary Arts: Sheniz Janmohamed - The Universe Within: a Sufi-Inspired Poetry Performance
4:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Theatre: "Tea with Tagore" presented by Rasik Arts
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Theatre: "Meri Khiani" (My Story)
OTHER TONGUES: Mixed Race Women Speak Out
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
OTHER TONGUES: Mixed-Race Women Speak Out
Co-editors Adebe D.A. and Andrea Thompson are seeking submissions for an anthology of writing by and about mixed-race women, intended for publication in Fall 2010 by Inanna Publications.
The purpose of this anthology is to explore the question of how mixed-race women in North America identify in the 21st Century. The anthology will also serve as a place to learn about the social experiences, attitudes, and feelings of others, and what racial identity has come to mean today. We are inviting previously unpublished submissions that engage, document, and/or explore the experiences of being mixed-race, by placing interraciality as the center, rather than periphery, of analysis.
Please send one (1) submission of up to 2500 words of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, or spoken word as a SINGLE attachment to othertonguesanthology@gmail.
Black and white images and artwork should be 300 dpi and sent as attachments in jpg. of tiff. format. Artwork and photography limited to three (3) per applicant.
Please include your contact information, including your name, address, phone number, e-mail, title(s) of work submitted, type of submission, and a short artist bio (50 words max) in the body of the email, with your name and the type of submission in the subject line (e.g. “Jazmine – Poetry Submission”). All submissions are due April 15, 2010. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.
If you prefer that your contribution remain anonymous, please include this preference at the top of your submission. All personal information you provide will be kept strictly confidential.
For the story behind this project, detailed submission guidelines, and the Editors' bios, please refer to the document that is attached to this email.
If you have any questions about this project, please contact the Editors, Adebe DeRango-Adem and Andrea Thompson, at othertonguesanthology@gmail.
For more information: www.adebe.wordpress.com www.andreathompson.ca or visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=276479812662
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