Posts Tagged ‘IFOA’
150 Canadian authors illuminate a triple-whammy extravaganza
OK, this one has me clasping my head. We’re looking at a multi-media project two years in the making. It’s going to showcase photo-portraits of 150 Canadian authors. Yup: 150 from across the country! The photographer, Mark Raynes Roberts, traveled 20,000 km to take 22,500 photos . . . and the story hasn’t hit the…
Read MoreIFOA: Here come the Scots!
Meanwhile, here in the Big Smoke, the International Festival of Authors has a Writing Scotland theme happening. The National Post is running a Q&A with some of the participating authors, our hero among them. . . . This year, the International Festival of Authors has joined forces with the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the…
Read MoreNo rest for the wicked
Back from sailing in the Northwest Passage, our hero shifts into high gear. . . . Monday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m., lectures at LIFE in Association with Ryerson University on the history and geography of the Arctic. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m., reads and entertains in The EH List Author Series at the Toronto Public…
Read MoreWhat? Almost autumn already?
This autumn, according to Savvy Reader, Our Hero will spend sixteen days sailing in the Northwest Passage with Adventure Canada. Afterwards, he’ll wax eloquent about that voyage in two different cities while showcasing his book Race to the Polar Sea. On October 21, as part of The Eh List Author Series, Ken will speak at…
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