September 27, 2024
Coming Up This Fall
I’m looking forward to some really cool fall events, kicking off this weekend at Toronto’s Word on the Street Festival, where I get to interview the author of one of my favourite books of the year!
September 29: WOTS with Shawn Micallef and STROLL
Stage C: Vibrant Voices of Ontario presented by Ontario Creates @ontariocreates
September 29th
2:15 – 3:00 PM
“Unofficial Mayor of Toronto” Shawn Micallef joins us to talk about the newly updated edition of his Toronto favorite book, Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto.
What is the ‘Toronto look’? Glass skyscrapers rise beside Victorian homes, and Brutalist apartment buildings often mark the edge of leafy ravines, creating a city of contrasts whose architectural look can only be defined by telling the story of how it came together and how it works, today, as an imperfect machine.
Join Shawn Micallef in conversation with local author Kerry Clare about meandering our city’s unique neighborhoods and celebrating a city in motion.
Presented by the Toronto Public Library @torontolibrary
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I’m excited to talk with these two great authors about their wonderful fall books. Event begins at 7:30pm.
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October 25: Toronto Library Virtual Event on Women in Piracy
From the ‘golden age’ of pirates to today, Women have played an integral, yet untold, role in piracy. In this special panel conversation, three leading experts on the legacy of Women in piracy discuss all the strange and scary real life adventures of Women living, surviving and thriving amongst pirates.
Rebecca Simon is a historian of early modern piracy, Colonial America, the Atlantic World, and maritime history. She is the author of Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, The Pirates’ Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship and Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever.
Katherine Howe is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning historian and novelist. She is the author of A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself and The Penguin Book of Pirates.
Brittany VandeBerg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama, USA. She is the author of Women of Piracy.
Rebecca, Katherine and Brittany discuss Women in piracy with host Kerry Clare.
Friday October 1, 12-1 pm. Sign up here.
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October 27: The Turning the Page on Cancer Readathon
Once again, I’m taking part in the Turning the Page on Cancer Readathon to raise money for Rethink, in memory of my friend Melanie Masterson, who died in 2022 after living with metastatic breast cancer. I’d be grateful if you could support the campaign…or even sign up to take part yourself!
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November 5: Queen Books Event with Yvonne Blomer, Ariel Gordon, and Sue Sorensen
Details coming soon!
