On Wednesday, April 29, Anton Piatigorsky presents a masterclass at the Ottawa International Writers Festival, 'From Page to Stage,' as he describes the process of bringing the forthcoming Eternal Hydra from script to theatrical production. Hosted by Paula Danckert, the seminar begins at noon at Saint Brigid's Centre for the Humanities (314 Saint Patrick Street).
foundWave Theatre Co-op presents Claudia Dey's Trout Stanley in Montreal from February 11 to 14 and February 18 to 21 at Theatre Ste-Catherine. All shows are at 8:00 p.m., with the exception of a one-time matinee performance on Sunday, February 15, at 2:30 p.m.
Karen Hines is an award-winning actor, director, writer and the creator of one of the most memorable characters ever to pout from a Canadian stage: the sexy, psychotic, mercury-poisoned star of The Pochsy Plays. She appears on Friday, February 6 at U of T's Literature for Our Time series in conversation with host Nick Mount. The event will feature an additional mini-performance of Hines's Pochsy!
In addition to being the start of the summer movie season, a time for flowers and the last name of Rod Stewart's friend Maggie, May is also the month of Doors Open Toronto and the start of Book Expo America! But here's the thing about May: it's the fifth month of the year, and as such (and because we're stumped for sale ideas), we're taking a fifth of the price off every title on the Coach House site!
From May 30 to June 1, the largest publishing event in North America – Book Expo America (or 'BEA' to those in 'the biz') – is hosted at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, and Coach House will be there. Like every year, the Expo provides booksellers and publishing industry workers a preview of exciting new things happening in the world of books.
