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:…

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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…

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