Co-editor of The Edible City: Toronto's Food from Farm to Fork (as well as several other Coach House uTOpia volumes), Christina Palassio, will be at the Mount Pleasant branch of the Toronto Public Library as part of their fall fair.
At an event co-sponsored by the Culinarium, Palassio will speak about the book The Edible City, and about Toronto as a city of food.
Sean Dixon spoke to Open Book Toronto about his novel, The Many Revenges of Kip Flynn, on July 13, 2011. The conversation covered everything from the amorphous city of Toronto, the importance of the right table and, of course, revenge.
Matthew Tierney (The Hayflick Limit) reads from old and new work at Toronto's Art Bar Poetry Series, along with Barbara Nickel (Domain) and Nashira Dernesch (It's No Secret You'll Feel Better).
The Art Bar Poetry Series
Featuring Matthew Tierney (The Hayflick Limit), Barbara Nickel and Nashira Dernesch
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
In fall of 2010, Onestop Media and Shawn Micallef, the author of Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto, teamed up for 'Stroll City', an interactive project that featured Micallef's city explorations on Onestop's network of TTC screens throughout Toronto.
Amy Lavender Harris at Open Book Toronto has long been interested in the mythology of Toronto: writers who create myth out of the city. Most recently, she's written about Toronto myth-making in literature and how it relates to Sean Dixon's new novel, The Many Revenges of Kip Flynn:
It's been months since the last Coach House launch, and we hope our absence has made your hearts grow fonder. On Wednesday, April 27, Revival at 783 College Street will transform into a den of book lust as Coach House launches two new novels, two debut poetry collections and one amazing poetry re-issue!
Fall in love with Coach House's poetry and fiction titles all over again:
Coach House will, as of February 14, offer free digital downloads with the purchase of any print edition (provided, of course, the book currently exists in e-format). You buy one of our print books, the electronic book is yours for the taking.
Sounds great, but how does it work? One of two ways:
Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington is this year’s recipient of the Robert R. Reid lifetime achievement award for excellence in book art. The award is given annually by the Alcuin Society, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and celebrating Canadian contributions to print culture.
Previous Robert R. Reid recipients include former Coach House typesetter and designer Glenn Goluska.
In a two-part interview with Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington, Nigel Beale, from the Biblio File podcast, delves into the intriguing combination of factors that inspired Bevington's passion for print culture and took Coach House to the forefront of Canadian book design.
The interview is both a journey through the history of technologies and typefaces, as well as an advice manual for collectors seeking rare pieces of Canadiana.
