Please mark your calendars for these two FREE exciting events.
Come listen to the following readings of the 2011 Toronto Book Awards’ finalists:
- James FitzGerald for his memoir, What Disturbs Our Blood (Random House Canada);
- James King for his novel, Étienne’s Alphabet (Cormorant Books Inc.);
- Rabindranath Maharaj for his novel, The Amazing Absorbing Boy (Knopf Canada);
- Nicholas Ruddock for his novel, The Parabolist (Doubleday Canada); and
- Alissa York, for her novel, Fauna (Random House Canada).
The group reading event will take place on:
Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Toronto Public Library, Yorkville Branch, 22 Yorkville Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The recipient of the 2011 Toronto Book Awards will be announced on:
Thursday, October 13, 2011
2011 Toronto Book Awards Gala
All are Welcome!
FREE
Toronto Reference Library
The Appel Salon
789 Yonge St.
Reception at 6 P.M.
Awards Presentation at 7 P.M.
Please note that no tickets will be required for this event.
The highlights of the 2011 Toronto Book Awards Gala include:
- 37th anniversary celebration of books, authors and the city we love
- the awards reception will be hosted by CBC Radio’s Metro Morning host Matt Galloway;
- the winning author receives the $11,000 prize money and
- each of the four finalists will receive $1,000.
Please click here for more info on the Toronto Book Awards and the above five finalists.
Enjoy!
Media Advisory
October 3, 2011
Reading event to feature finalists in 2011 Toronto Book Awards
The finalists of the 2011 Toronto Book Awards will meet for a group reading event at Toronto Public Library’s Yorkville Branch.
Date: Tuesday, October 4
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Toronto Public Library, Yorkville Branch, 22 Yorkville Ave.
The finalists for the 2011 Toronto Book Awards are James FitzGerald for his memoir, What Disturbs Our Blood (Random House Canada); James King for his novel, Étienne’s Alphabet (Cormorant Books Inc.); Rabindranath Maharaj for his novel, The Amazing Absorbing Boy (Knopf Canada); Nicholas Ruddock for his novel, The Parabolist (Doubleday Canada); and Alissa York, for her novel, Fauna (Random House Canada).
The recipient of the 2011 Toronto Book Awards will be announced on Thursday, October 13 at the Toronto Reference Library, Appel Salon at 789 Yonge St. The awards reception will be hosted by CBC Radio’s Matt Galloway. More information about the awards is available at http://www.toronto.ca/book_awards.
This year marks the 37th anniversary of the Toronto Book Awards. Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the Toronto Book Awards honour authors of books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto. The annual awards offer $15,000 in prize money. Each finalist will receive $1,000 and the winning author receives the remaining prize money, which will be $11,000 this year.
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