Posts Tagged ‘Paragraphe Books’
Ready or not, Our Hero is coming your way . . .
Just back from an exciting weekend in the Niagara area, thanks to the splendid Ridgeway Reading Series. What’s next? Thought you’d never ask. — Nov. 5, Cambridge, Ontario. Third Age Learning, 10 a.m. to noon. — Nov. 12, Toronto: Eh List, Toronto Reference Library. Note time change to 7 p.m. — Nov. 15, Montreal:…
Read MoreLegendary Different Drummer plays host to 50 Canadians
This morning took us out to Burlington to talk about 50 Canadians in the Different Drummer Book & Author Series. Would you believe that this series has been running since 1975? It may well be the oldest bookstore-based reading-talking-and-seriously-buying series in Canada. The only contender I can think of is the Books-and-Breakfast series operated by…
Read MoreThree reasons why I hate Montreal
–> Some might say that Montreal is over-represented in 50 Canadians. And, yes, within its pages we do find Leonard Cohen, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Guy Laliberte, Louise Arbour, Oscar Peterson, Jacques Plante, Michaelle Jean, Romeo Dallaire, and Celine Dion. But I only included them because they made me do so. Fact is, much as I…
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