Sunday September 26, 2010
Queen's Park
11am - 6pm
What's on at Queen's Park
Adult Programming
The flagship venue at The Word On The Street, this venue features some of the biggest names in Canadian literature, all under one roof!
Come and hear experts from some of our country's most-loved magazines as they dispense everything from fashion tips to advice on freelancing.
Check out your favourite CBC personalities live at the CBC Stage!
Nominees for the Toronto Book Award plus a selection of past years' finalists and winners will read from their nominated works.
Presented in partnership with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, this lively tent features a series of discussion panels and presentations from some of the best creators in Toronto's comics and graphic novels scene.
The Word On The Street is excited to present its first cooking stage this year! Programmed in partnership with The Cookbook Store, this venue will host tantalizing food demonstrations and sampling led by some of our country's top chefs.
Diaspora Dialogues will offer an “urban mash-up” of readings, music, spoken word and other artistic demonstrations that reflect the complexity of our culturally-diverse metropolis.
Focusing on the art of song, this venue will feature interactive segments on hot new music-related books and musical performances by local bands.
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.
Another first for our 20th festival, 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.
Co-presented with Pride Toronto, Proud Voices will feature a variety of works in celebration of the queer community.
Back by popular demand, the Toronto Star offers thought-provoking presentations from some of its most popular writers.
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.
Programmed in partnership with Small World Music Festival and presented by Citytv, this venue will host a blend of music from around the globe!
KidStreet Programming
This venue will feature creative crafts and interactive presentations inspired by new children's books, plus music and animals too!
Come and see some of Canada's most renowned children's authors and illustrators present some of the best children's books of 2009.
Featuring segments by early-literacy experts, this venue will offer storytelling, rhyming activities and music for kids age 0-3 while tricks and tips are dispensed to parents on how to introduce early-literacy into their daily schedule.
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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Who’s Your Daddy moves queer parents away from the defensive position they have historically been placed in – having to prove that they are “normal” and that their kids are “okay”. Instead, it offers a more honest exploration of the diversity that exists within queer families and a broader understanding of the complex issues that concern both queer parents and their children.
Learn more about N. Gitanjali Lena, Derek Scott, Elizabeth Ruth and Rachel Epstein.
Toronto Poetry Slam is all about ideas, with one in particular: people sharing poetry for everyone to enjoy. Deeply felt truths combined with a performance-centred style results in an often moving, always entertaining, experience of spoken word. Join three of TPS’s fabulous slam poets as they take the stage to deliver blistering poetry with a queer twist.
Learn more about Beth Anne Fischer, Tanya Neumeyer and Truth Is.
Globe-trotting photojournalist Angela Thomas has spent all thirty-two years of her life dreaming of far-off places. Nothing that has happened to her thus far — the dysfunction of her family, the failure of her marriage — can convince her that ‘home’ is where she belongs. When Angela is sent to cover the war in Yugoslavia, things are different; this time, the people around her refuse to remain at arm’s length, filtered by a camera lens. Through the unexpected attachments she makes, Angela’s eyes are finally opened to a view that casts her old life in a completely different light.
This book is about loss. With these words, Anne Hines, launches readers on an unpredictable, sometimes hilarious, often touching exploration into the nature of loss in our lives and the unexpected gifts that comes to us as a result.
Through divorce, depression, the fears brought on by aging and even the event of losing a son (who became a daughter) Hines assures us that life always has a brighter side and that with every loss, something real and remarkable is there to be gained, no matter what kind of loss we may encounter.
This One’s Going to Last Forever reflects both the naïve optimism of those who have yet to learn about love and the cynicism of those who feel that by now they should know better. The characters in these darkly comic stories and novella may be searching for love in all the wrong places, but they are also able to find love in the most unexpected places.
Learn more about Nairne Holtz
Based on the details of a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, The Sealed Letter is a provocative historical drama that is relevant to modern issues surrounding women, marriage, rights and roles.
Second Person Queer is an unusual companion book: an anthology of essays on LGBT life written in the second person. They take the form of letters to family and friends, missives to homophobes, confessions to lovers, tributes to notables of the past such as Jean Genet and David Wojnarowicz and words of advice for the next generation.
Learn more about Paul Bellini, Steve Bereznai, Terry Goldie and Suki Lee.
The Dayne Ogilvie Memorial Grant provides $4,000 annually to an emerging Canadian gay writer who demonstrates great promise through a body of work of exceptional quality. The grant, which is administered by the Writers’ Trust of Canada, was established by Robin Pacific in honour of her late friend Dayne Ogilvie. A highly respected freelance book editor, writer, manager, and a passionate lover of all the arts, he died in October 2006. Hear readings from 2009’s runner-up, Greg Kearney, and the winner of the 2009 Dayne Ogilvie Memorial Grant, Debra Anderson.
Learn more about Greg Kearney and Debra Anderson.
These hilarious and illuminating poems are based on working at a particularly well-known fast-food restaurant. They paint a vivid picture of life behind the counter and will resonate with anyone who has ever held a fast-food job.Learn more about Billeh Nickerson
Toronto Poetry Slam is all about ideas, with one in particular: people sharing poetry for everyone to enjoy. Deeply felt truths combined with a performance-centred style results in an often moving, always entertaining, experience of spoken word. Join four of TPS’s fabulous slam poets as they take the stage to deliver blistering poetry with a queer twist.
Learn more about Duncan Armstrong, Yehuda Fisher, Krystle Mullin and Kinga Nowak.