Sunday September 23, 2012 at Queen's Park, 11am - 6pm
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12:00 - 12:30 :: This Dark Endeavour: The Apprenticehsip of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel
Victor Frankenstein leads a charmed life. He and his twin brother, Konrad, and their beautiful cousin Elizabeth take lessons at home and spend their spare time fencing and horseback riding. Along with their friend Henry, they have explored all the hidden passageways and secret rooms of the palatial Frankenstein chateau. Except one. The Dark Library contains ancient tomes written in strange languages and filled with forbidden knowledge. Their father makes them promise never to visit the library, but when Konrad becomes deathly ill, Victor knows he must find the book that contains the recipe for the legendary Elixir of Life. The elixir needs only three ingredients. But impossible odds, dangerous alchemy and a bitter love triangle threaten their quest at every turn.
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12:30 - 1:00 :: A Good Man by Guy Vanderhaeghe
A Good Man is a richly layered novel about the end of the Wild West and an utterly gripping story – at once panoramic and intimate – of the lives and loves, the betrayals and the hatreds of men and women trying to find their places among the shifting forces of social order as it overtakes one of the world’s last great frontiers.
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1:00 - 1:45 :: Chef Michael Smith's Kitchen: 100 of my Favourite Easy Recipes
Michael Smith, Canada’s most popular chef, is back with a brand-new cookbook for all his fans! Chef Michael Smith’s Kitchen is a fabulous new collection of Michael’s all-time favourite recipes that he regularly cooks at home. Simple, easy to make and packed with tips, all you have to do is follow the instructions to create memorable meals such as Oatmeal Crusted French Toast, Coconut Crusted Chicken, Honey Mustard Barbecue Baked Baby Back Ribs, Pan Seared Scallops, Nutmeg Roast Sweet Potatoes or Sausage Sage Bread Pudding. The cookbook also includes lots of delicious recipes for vegetables, grains, side dishes and, of course, Michael’s favourite desserts including his Iron Chef Strawberry Shortcake!
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1:45 - 2:15 :: Requiem by Frances Itani
Bin Okuma, a celebrated visual artist, has recently and quite suddenly lost his wife, Lena. He and his son, Greg, are left to deal with the shock. But Greg has returned to his studies on the East Coast, and Bin finds himself alone and pulled into memories he has avoided for much of his life. In 1942, after Pearl Harbour, his Japanese Canadian family was displaced from the West Coast. Now, he sets out to drive across the country to complete the last works needed for an upcoming exhibition; to revisit the places that have shaped him; to find his biological father, who has been lost to him. A story of great loss, a story of redemption, a story of abiding love, Requiem is a beautifully written and evocative novel about a family torn apart by the past and a man’s present search for solace.
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2:00 - 3:15 :: Bestsellers of Tomorrow
Who are Canada’s next bestselling authors? You be the judge! Publishers pitch their ‘authors to watch’ in a fun, festival first!
Natural Order by Brian Francis
“A mother always knows when something isn’t right with her son.” As a young woman, these words are burned into Joyce Sparks’ mind. Years later, faced with an uncertain future, she sifts through her past, dusting off unsettling memories of her son and the secrets about him she has kept hidden from her everyone—even from herself. When she discovers a horrible lie about a treasured childhood friend, Joyce’s world begins to unravel, revealing the devastating consequences of choices she made long ago. From the youthful dreams of a small-town teenage girl to the final, bittersweet stages of life, Natural Order is a timeless story that embraces the traditions we hold close while ushering in a changing world.
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The Disciple of Las Vegas by Ian Hamilton
In The Disciple of Las Vegas, Uncle and Ava are hired by Tommy Ordonez, the richest man in the Philippines, to recover $50 million in a land swindle that took place in Canada and involves his brother. The Filipino billionaire's reputation is on the line, and his family is on the brink of disaster. Will Ava save Ordonez's family and reputation?
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The Dragon Turn: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Fifth Case by Shane Peacock
Summer 1869, Sherlock Holmes and his friend Irene celebrate her sixteenth birthday by attending the theater to watch a celebrated magician make a real dragon appear on stage. Sherlock and Irene meet the magician, Alistair Hemsworth – just as he is arrested for the murder of his rival, The Wizard of Nottingham. It seems that traces of the missing Wizard’s blood and his spectacles were found in Hemsworth’s secret studio. But is Hemsworth guilty? Sherlock has his doubts, and soon, so does the reader. The Dragon Turn is full of humor and plot twists as dizzying as a narrow London lane! Author Shane Peacock invites his readers along on another exciting adventure with one of literature’s all-time favorite characters.
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3:30 - 4:30 :: The Scotiabank Giller Prize Hour with Jian Ghomeshi
Join host Jian Ghomeshi for a behind-the-scenes look at the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize, with a presentation of this year’s longlisted books and authors.
Who will you choose as the winner?
Jian Ghomeshi is an award-winning broadcaster, writer, musician and producer. He is the host and co-creator of Q, the national daily talk program on CBC Radio One and CBC TV. Since its inception in 2007, Q has garnered the largest audience of any cultural affairs program in Canada and has become the highest-rated show in its morning time slot in CBC history.
4:30 - 5:00 :: The Book of Even More Awesome by Neil Pasricha
From the author of the #1 international bestseller The Book of Awesome and the award-winning, multimillion-hit website 1000awesomethings.com comes even more of the little things that make us smile every day! Neil Pasricha is back with The Book of Even More Awesome another collection of hundreds of new things from the website, as well as never-before-seen extraordinary moments that deserve celebration like letting go of the gas pump perfectly so you end on a round number, when a baby falls asleep on you, pulling a weed and getting all the roots with it, when your windshield wipers match the beat of the song you’re listening to, the smooth feeling on your teeth when you get your braces off, when the person you’re meeting is even later than you are, and that guy who helps you parallel park.
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