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Calendar of Events
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September 27 | 2020 | September 28 | 2020 | September 29 | 2020 | September 30 | 2020 | October 1 | 2020 | October 2 | 2020 | October 3 | 2020 |
October 4 | 2020 | October 5 | 2020 | October 6 | 2020 | October 7 | 2020 | October 8 | 2020 | October 9 | 2020 |
October 10 | 2020
10:00 am: Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca Marais10:00 am: Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca MaraisOctober 10 | 2020 – Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca MaraisZoom (6 virtual events) - $150 + HSTYou know her as an amazing author, our star interviewer and now... finally, our writing instructor. Bianca teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies, and now, you Book Drunkards can try it on yourself! Join Bianca Marais for a six week workshop on Saturday mornings. |
October 11 | 2020 | October 12 | 2020 |
October 13 | 2020
7:00 pm: You’ll be CERTAIN to enjoy an evening with Aislinn Hunter!7:00 pm: You’ll be CERTAIN to enjoy an evening with Aislinn Hunter!October 13 | 2020 – You’ll be CERTAIN to enjoy an evening with Aislinn Hunter!Zoom (virtual event) - $30 + HST (includes signed book!)You won’t want to miss our opener on October 13th! Our extraordinary interviewer, Bianca Marais, chats with the thoughtful and thought-provoking Aislinn Hunter, whose new novel The Certainties might well make you ask: “What would I do if ….?” |
October 14 | 2020 | October 15 | 2020 | October 16 | 2020 |
October 17 | 2020
10:00 am: Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca Marais10:00 am: Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca MaraisOctober 17 | 2020 – Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca MaraisZoom (6 virtual events) - $150 + HSTYou know her as an amazing author, our star interviewer and now... finally, our writing instructor. Bianca teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies, and now, you Book Drunkards can try it on yourself! Join Bianca Marais for a six week workshop on Saturday mornings. 2:30 pm: Harper Collins Canada and The Book Drunkard Festival present: Matt Haig2:30 pm: Harper Collins Canada and The Book Drunkard Festival present: Matt HaigOctober 17 | 2020 – Harper Collins Canada and The Book Drunkard Festival present: Matt HaigZoom (virtual event) - $25 + HST (includes signed book and Zoom link!)Matt Haig is the number one bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and Notes on a Nervous Planet and six highly acclaimed novels for adults, including How to Stop Time, The Humans and The Radleys. He has also written many books for children and has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal. He has sold more than a million books in the UK and his work has been translated into over forty languages. |
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October 24 | 2020
10:00 am: Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca Marais10:00 am: Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca MaraisOctober 24 | 2020 – Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca MaraisZoom (6 virtual events) - $150 + HSTYou know her as an amazing author, our star interviewer and now... finally, our writing instructor. Bianca teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies, and now, you Book Drunkards can try it on yourself! Join Bianca Marais for a six week workshop on Saturday mornings. |
October 25 | 2020
11:00 am: Book Launch: Kevin Craig's "The Camino Club"11:00 am: Book Launch: Kevin Craig's "The Camino Club"October 25 | 2020 – Book Launch: Kevin Craig's "The Camino Club"After getting in trouble with the law, a group of wayward teens are given an ultimatum: serve time in juvenile detention for their crimes or walk the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across Spain over the summer holidays with a pair of court-appointed counselors. Although they come from diverse backgrounds, the unlikely friends try to make the best of their situation. The pilgrims grow closer on their journey, but they may not make it to their destination—the Cathedral in Santiago. If they do, will they each find what they're looking for, and will their newfound friendships endure? 3:00 pm: CROSSING RIVERS WITH PETER ROBINSON3:00 pm: CROSSING RIVERS WITH PETER ROBINSONOctober 25 | 2020 – Crossing Rivers with Peter RobinsonZoom (virtual event) - $30 + HST (includes signed book!)PETER ROBINSON grew up in the United Kingdom, and now divides his time between Toronto, and Richmond, Yorkshire. Many Rivers to Cross is the 26th book in the DCI Banks series. He has also written two collections of short stories, and three stand-alone novels. Robinson’s critically acclaimed crime novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada, and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. |
October 26 | 2020 |
October 27 | 2020
7:00 pm: CONSENT to being entertained by Annabel Lyon!7:00 pm: CONSENT to being entertained by Annabel Lyon!October 27 | 2020 – CONSENT to being entertained by Annabel Lyon!Zoom (virtual event) - $30 + HST (includes signed book!)Annabel and acclaimed interviewer Bianca Marais will dive into Consent just as it hits the shelves! Noted as "this generation’s answer to Alice Munro" (Vancouver Sun) Annabel delivers a sly, sensual, haunting novel about two women whose lives collide when tragedy changes them forever. It's a startling, moving, thought-provoking story of the complexities of familial duty and on how love can become entangled with guilt, resentment and regret. |
October 28 | 2020
7:00 pm: Penguin Random House Canada and Blue Heron Books present Anna Olson and Ashley Kosowan & Jenna Hutchinson7:00 pm: Penguin Random House Canada and Blue Heron Books present Anna Olson and Ashley Kosowan & Jenna HutchinsonOctober 28 | 2020 – Penguin Random House Canada and Blue Heron Books present Anna Olson and Ashley Kosowan & Jenna HutchinsonZoom (virtual event) - $40 + HST (includes EITHER author's signed book and Zoom link)Join the fun as Anna Olson, author of eight bestselling cookbooks and the beloved host of Food Network’s Bake with Anna Olson, Fresh with Anna Olson, and Sugar, talks all things baking with Jenna Hutchinson and Ashley Kosowan, the twin sisters behind Winnipeg’s world renowned and Martha Stewart-approved Jenna Rae Cakes! These fabulous author/chefs will be interviewed by Tara O’Brady, acclaimed Globe and Mail food writer and author of the cookbook Seven Spoons. Make sure you have some sugary treats on hand, because you will get hungry. |
October 29 | 2020
7:00 pm: IS KERRY CLARE “WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL”?7:00 pm: IS KERRY CLARE “WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL”?October 29 | 2020 – IS KERRY CLARE “WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL”?Zoom (virtual event) - $30 + HST (includes signed book!)For fans of Joanne Ramos, Josie Silver, and Emily Giffin, a gripping and powerful story that asks: Just how much are you willing to forgive in the name of love? On October 29 at 7pm join us for an evening with KERRY CLARE. Her debut novel, Mitzi Bytes, was called “entertaining, engaging and timely” by the Toronto Star” And this October, Clare returns with Waiting for a Star to Fall. |
October 30 | 2020 |
October 31 | 2020
10:00 am: Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca Marais10:00 am: Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca MaraisOctober 31 | 2020 – Getting Drunk on Writing – A six-week writing workshop with author Bianca MaraisZoom (6 virtual events) - $150 + HSTYou know her as an amazing author, our star interviewer and now... finally, our writing instructor. Bianca teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies, and now, you Book Drunkards can try it on yourself! Join Bianca Marais for a six week workshop on Saturday mornings. |