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Sunday September 23, 2012 at Queen's Park, 11am - 6pm

What's on at Queen's Park

Adult Programming

  • Cooks 'n' Books Stage

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

  • Dummies 20th Anniversary Tent

    This booth invites festival-goers to help celebrate the anniversary of the popular series.  Stop by for mini-presentations, giveaways, prizes, and more!

  • Elephoto Photo Hunt

    Are you someone who never leaves home without a camera? Are you an amateur, semi-professional or   professional photographer? Then we have a contest for you!  

  • 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, short stories, and poetry.

  • New in 2011: Healthy Living Stage

    This venue features some of Canada's best-known health and wellness authors.  The Healthy Living Stage will encompass: health, body and fitness, sexuality, parenting, and emotional health in a variety of programming segments.

  • Remarkable Reads Tent

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

  • New in 2011: This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage

    This is a new concept venue, one that breaks the boundaries of our book and magazine festival to truly explore and celebrate the spoken and written word.  Featuing hourly, genre-based, interactive programming sessions which showcase the great young adult books, authors and artists Canada has to offer, this venue will bring a fresh, fun, and youthful perspective to the festival.

  • Toronto Book Awards Tent

    Nominees for the Toronto Book Awards read from their nominated works.  Can you predict the winner?  Also enjoy a special programming hour featuring Diaspora Dialogues authors.

  • Toronto Star Tent

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

  • Voices 106.5FM 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 a cartooning workshop 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 2011

  • TVOKids Stage

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

 

 

 

  • Diaspora Dialogues Tent

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  • EYE Weekly Music Stage

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  • Great Books Marquee

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  • Money Matters Tent

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It's back...

 

Elephoto Photo Hunt

 

You welcomed the Elephoto Photo Hunt with such open arms at last year’s festival, we decided we just had to bring it back for another year! Please join us in welcoming Elephoto back to the festival in 2011 by participating in our second Elephoto Photo Hunt!

 

This “hunt” was made for those of us who just cannot leave the house without a camera in hand. Now is your chance to show us your skills at capturing that perfect photo, and, as an added bonus, win some great prizes in the process! 

 

We will provide you with a list of 15 photos that need to be snapped at this year's festival. Submit these photos after festival day at the Elephoto Photo Hunt web portal (more information to be provided at a later date) to be eligible to win one of our great prizes! 

 

There will be one GRAND PRIZE available, which one lucky participant will win for having the best overall photo and for completing a special photo task! There will also be a second and third place winner. All remaining Photo Hunt participants will be entered to one of five runner-up prizes!

 

You can visit the Elephoto Photo Hunt Tent on Sunday, September 25, 2011 for complete instructions and entry forms and check back here for more information in September!

 

So make sure you bring your camera to The Word On The Street this year and get ready to "hunt"!

 

Prizes include:

  • THE GRAND PRIZE: A Sony Reader

  • Ontario Science Centre tickets

  • Books prize packs

  • and more!

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About Elephoto:

 

Elephoto is a 100% Canadian owned and operated company that provides consumers with the ability to create personalized digitally printed photo books, personalized calendars, personalized posters and personalized greeting cards. Elephoto is dedicated to quality and speed, while saving you large shipping costs and duty charges. Elephoto is powered by The Printing House Ltd.™, putting over 50 years of printing experience in each and every product we make.