WHAT: The Toronto Book Awards
WHEN: Wed Oct 9/2013
6PM Reception & Cash Bar
7PM Awards hosted by CBC Metromorning’s Matt Galloway
WHERE: Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street
FREE
While most Canadian literary award galas are ticketed and exclusive events, the Toronto Book Awards is free and open to the public. Head over to the Toronto Reference Library on Wed evening and find out who the winner is and meet and mingle with other Toronto book lovers. Take a look at the great finalists this year (one being our editor Shawn Micallef and frequent-contributor Patrick Cummins collaboration on Full Frontal TO).
The finalists:
- Kamal Al-Solaylee, for his memoir, Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes, published by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.
- Patrick Cummins (photos) and Shawn Micallef (text) for their annotated book of photography, Full Frontal T.O., published by Coach House Books
- Kevin Irie for his collection of poetry, Viewing Tom Thomson, A Minority Report, published by Frontenac House Poetry
- Aga Maksimowska for her novel, Giant, published by Pedlar Press
- Katrina Onstad for her novel, Everybody has Everything, published by McClelland & Stewart
