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Every April, Toronto Public Library hosts the Keep Toronto Reading<\/a> Festival. At the centre of the month long celebration of literacy is the One Book program, in which a single work of fiction or collection of poetry is chosen as a focal point for myriad activities and discussions \u2014 a city-wide book club of sorts, with a lot more ways to participate.<\/p>\n

Part of the fun of One Book is that the chosen volume always has a local flavour, and the discussion is instantly personalized. Two years ago, TPL’s choice was\u00a0Loyalty Management<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0a poetry collection by Glen Downie that was\u00a0partly set in the Junction. A short\u00a0Spacin<\/em>g series run in conjunction was full of musings on Toronto slaughterhouses, rooming houses, and sculptures brought about by our readings.\u00a0\u00a0Last year’s One Book was Austin Clarke’s More<\/a>, centred in \u00a0Moss Park, but with a heroine who shopped in Kensington, drank at the El Mocambo, and worked at Trinity College. This time, inspired by narrator Idora, Spacing<\/em> delved into the history of Allan Gardens, Toronto racetracks, and codes of silence on the TTC.<\/p>\n

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This year’s One Book is\u00a0Midnight at the Dragon Cafe <\/em>by Judy Fong Bates. While Toronto plays a role, Bates’s debut novel is mostly set in Irvine, Ontario, in the early 1960s. It is the story of schoolgirl Su-Jen and her family, newly arrived from Hong Kong, who own the only Chinese restaurant in a small town known only for its tannery. This is the story of a life caught in two worlds: literally, between communist China and the promise of Canada, but more pressingly, \u00a0of the secrets and tensions of two complicated marriages, and a very clouded family history.<\/p>\n

Throughout April, Spacing <\/em>will look at how the spatial aspects of the novel reflect, emphasize, or play into Bates’s larger narrative and themes. Or at least, that’s our starting point; One Book has the habit of leading us in directions we have a hard time imagining at the start line.<\/p>\n

We hope you’ll pick up the book and join the discussion, both here and at the many amazing TPL events associated with Keep Toronto Reading. Planned happenings include\u00a0dim sum in Chinatown, a lecture on duelling identities by U of T’s Dr. Julie Mehta, a demonstration of traditional Chinese opera, and of course, plenty of readings and discussion groups across the city.\u00a0A complete list of One Book \u00a0events is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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