Canadian Authors-Toronto & Editors Toronto – Winning Two Gillers: A Conversation with Esi Edugian and Her Editors

Co-presented by Canadian Authors–Toronto, Editors Toronto, and the Creative Writing Program at the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto.   This special event will bring acclaimed novelist Esi Edugyan together with four of her editors — Patrick Crean, Marie-Lynn Hammond, John Sweet, and Jane Warren — for a discussion about the writing and editing of Ms. Edugyan’s two Giller Prize winning novels, Half-Blood Blues (2011) and Washington…

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Authors–Toronto Virtual Café and Open Mic

As writers, we are used to cocooning. We always have tea and we rarely get bored because our brains are full of characters and quirky word combinations. So we’re probably a little better-positioned than some to ride out the current health care crisis without going squirrelly.   But there are limits to how much isolation…

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Between These Walls Virtual Book Launch

Join author Michael Newman for the official launch of his debut novel. Learn about the genesis and journey of Between These Walls. Listen to Michael read from his book. With Special guest, Wendy Gruner, author of Children of a Faraway War. Music by Adrian and Maura Newman and a performance by award-winning singer/songwriter, Jill Barber.…

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