What's on at Queen's Park

Adult Programming

 

  • Scotiabank Giller Prize Bestsellers Stage

    The flagship venue at The Word On The Street, this venue features some of the biggest names in Canadian literature, all under one roof!

  • Canadian Magazines Tent

    Come and hear experts from some of our country's most-loved magazines as they dispense everything from fashion tips to advice on freelancing. 

  • City of Toronto Tent

    Nominees for the Toronto Book Award plus a selection of past years' finalists and winners will read from their nominated works.

  • Cooks 'n' Books Stage

    This venue will host tantalizing food demonstrations and sampling led by some of our country's top chefs.

  • Digital Drive

    A new addition to the festival, this venue discusses how the digital age is changing publishing as we know it.

  • Great Books Marquee

    The place to be for the most exciting and dynamic books of the year, this venue features a variety of hot spring and fall titles including fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

  • Money Matters Tent

    Back by popular demand, this venue is devoted to the world of money today. Some of Canada’s top financial experts will be on hand to dispense advice on everything from surviving the recession to RRSPs.

  • Penguin: Celebrating 75 Years

    New this year! Penguin Group Canada is hosting their own programming venue to celebrate their 75th birthday by showcasing some of their great authors.

  • The Remarkable Reads Tent

    Another first at the festival, Random House of Canada Ltd. and McClelland & Stewart showcase some of your favourite, and soon-to-be favourite, authors.

  • Toronto Star Tent

    The Toronto Star offers thought-provoking presentations from some of its most popular writers.

  • Wordshop Marquee

    This venue will offer a day of writing workshops covering craft and career strategy for aspiring writers featuring the esteemed faculty of The Humber School for Writers

 

 

KidStreet Programming

 

  • Children's Activity Tent

    This venue will feature creative crafts and interactive presentations inspired by new children's books, plus music and animals too!

  • Children's Reading Tent

    Come and see some of Canada's most renowned children's authors and illustrators present some of the best children's books of 2010.

  • TVO Kids Stage

    Favourite personalities from TVOKids take the stage for a day of fun-filled literacy-focused entertainment including music, stories, readings and interactive sessions.


 

 

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  • EYE Weekly Music Stage

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  • 11:00 - 11:45 :: Simply in Season: 12 Months of Wine Country Cooking

    Canada is a country blessed with distinct seasons, and they are the creative inspiration for the recipes in Simply in Season. Chef Tony de Luca’s food is focused on respecting Mother Nature and keeping in tune with her seasons. Each month-based chapter features an intimate introduction that puts you right in Tony’s kitchen, and notes with each recipe further illuminate his process.

  • 12:00 - 12:45 :: Great Food at Home

    Great Food at Home by Mark McEwan is full of recipes that all home cooks can make with ease—a go-to cookbook that will be spotted in people’s kitchens years from now, well thumbed and sauce-stained. Basics aside, a lot of the recipes reflect simple, rustic fare—from a summer’s plate of seared perch fillets with charred tomato risotto to a wintertime venison stew with mashed potatoes. Great Food at Home is comfort food simply at its best.

  • 1:00 - 1:45 :: 3 Chefs: The Kitchen Men

    What happens when three top chefs meet casually for food and fun? Michael Bonacini, Massimo Capra, and Jason Parsons have been getting together regularly over the years, on television and off, talking about the traditions that shaped their cooking, their early days as cooks, what they have been up to since they last met up, and what’s next. Join them as they share tall tales and experiment with their own and one another’s recipes. It is always a lively conversation and there's always good food involved.

  • 2:00 - 2:45 :: Three Sisters Around the Greek Table

    Award-winning cookbook, Three Sisters Around the Greek Table, boasts 105 simple and rustic recipes that are true to the Mediterranean diet.  Heart-warming tales of how these recipes came to be staple dishes in the three sisters’ homes are shared throughout.  One is reminded that, “eating is more than just a means for survival; it is a chance to pause with family and friends and connect with loved ones.”

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  • 3:00 - 3:45 :: Chatelaine Modern Classics

    Brought to you by Chatelaine. From breakfast to dinner to dessert, the best from the Chatelaine Kitchen is now available at your fingertips, in Chatelaine Modern Classics. The Chatelaine Kitchen has been Canada¹s trusted source for delicious and foolproof recipes since 1928. Under the direction of food editor Claire Tansey, with associate food editor Victoria Walsh, assistant food editor Carolyn Lim Chua and a roster of professional recipe testers, the Kitchen develops and tests more than 500 recipes a year.

  • 4:00 - 4:45 :: Napoleon's Everyday Gourmet Burgers

    One of the mainstays of summer—the humble hamburger—leaps off the grill with the help of Ted Reader’s truly unique interpretations of how hamburgers can be prepared and presented. With more than 100 different burger recipes, created using the finest grills in the world, readers will learn how to make more than just plain, old hamburgers.

  • 5:00 - 5:45 :: The Harrow Fair Cookbook

    Sisters Moira Sanders and Lori Elstone have fond memories of attending the Harrow Fair as children every year, but the fair itself goes back a lot further than that. Established in 1854 it is one of Canada’s oldest and most popular country fairs. With chapters devoted to preserving summer produce, baking prize-winning pies, and concocting fair themed libations, this book is the authentic guide to a Canadian tradition.  Based on the principle that what we eat today should be as natural as it was 156 years ago, this cookbook, featuring over 150 recipes, focuses on using local and fresh ingredients to make delicious food from scratch.