Following the verdict on Mayor Rob Ford's appeal, it seemed like everyone was keen to talk to Edward Keenan about his new book, Some Great Idea: Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto. In the Globe and Mail's Toronto section on Saturday, January 26, columnist Marcus Gee asked him a few questions about his book, Mayor Ford and getting punched in the face (for real). A few excerpts from the interview follow:
We both cover city hall. How do you find it?
It sure beats working for a living. No, but I've had a lot less fun in jobs. There is great material every day. The characters are riveting to write about. I think you said it was the best political reporting gig in the country right now, and I think I agree with you about that. But as a citizen, I find it frustrating and depressing sometimes, when the clown show takes over.
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:
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.
