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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  • Great Books Marquee

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  • 11:30 - 1:00 :: The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks

    The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks is a long-awaited and wonderfully eclectic essay collection from Stuart McLean that gives a glimpse into the thoughtful mind at work behind The Vinyl Cafe. From meditations on peacekeeping to praise for the toothpick, The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks runs the gamut from considered argument to light-hearted opinion.

  • 1:00 - 2:00 :: History of Canada Series

    Join Margaret MacMillan as she discusses The History of Canada Series. The History of Canada Series looks at the making of Canada as an independent, self-governing nation, bringing history alive like never before. The series will focus on crucial turning points as well key stages, those defining moments when the course of Canadian history and the nature of Canada itself were oscillating. It is about the human beings – heroic, flawed, wise, foolish, complex – who had to make decisions without knowing what the consequences might be.

  • 2:00 - 3:00 :: Great Food at Home

    Celebrity Chef Mark McEwan’s Great Food at Home contains 100 fabulous recipes that are easy to make and enjoy with family and friends in the comfort of home. Cook delicious comfort food like the famous Bymark burger or a mouth-watering lobster grilled cheese sandwich. Good Food at Home is comfort food simply at its best.

  • 4:00 - 5:00 :: Watch

    Blind from birth, Caitlin Decter received the gift of sight with the aid of a signal-processing retinal implant. The technology also gave her an unexpected side effect—the ability to “see” the digital data streams of the World Wide Web. And within the Web she perceived an extraordinary presence, and woke it up. It calls itself Webmind… Learn more about Robert J. Sawyer.

  • 5:00 - 6:00 :: The Book of Awesome

    The Book of Awesome presents simple pleasures for a younger, hipper generation. From the smell of gasoline to fixing electronics by smacking them to the extra time you get when the clocks roll back, author Neil Pasricha reminds readers of little things that make us smile everyday.