On January 20, 2011, University of Toronto Professor Ann Komaromi spoke in the Toronto Centre for the Book lecture series on “Samizdat: Material Texts and Extra-Gutenberg Publics.” (Samizdat is a form of grassroots and DIY publishing that circulated dissenting texts in Soviet Europe.) Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the...
On February 11, 2011, Brandeis Professor Jytte Klausen gave a retrospective on “Al Qaeda’s War on the Danish Cartoons” at the University of Toronto Political Science Department.
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Since nothing compares to very old home movies screened in a marvellous bookshop, the TRB suggests that you might like to attend one of its favourite regular events in Toronto: b.y.o.h.m. (Bring Your Own Home Movies) for HOME MOVIE DAY Saturday October 15 Screening starts 7:00 pm (Home Movie Repair Clinic 6:30 – 8:00) at the Monkey’s Paw bookshop, 1229 Dundas St W (west of Ossington...
On March 17, 2011, renowned comic artist and author Joe Sacco spoke in the University of Toronto Arts Council 2011 Speakers in the Arts Series on “Comics as Journalism.”
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Our friend Julia Breckenreid over at Nook Collective suggests you illustrators and others might like this event:
Illustration Office Meeting
156 Augusta Avenue
7pm – Wednesday, October 12th 2011
RSVP to admin@nookcollective.com
Presented by The Toronto Review of Books in affiliation with www.widentoronto.com, City WIDEN (Workshops for Interest, Discussion, Exchange, & Novelty) gathers three people with different backgrounds to give short, ten- to fifteen-minute presentations on a common theme. The first event in the series, City WIDEN: Social Fabric, is a co-production with The Textile Museum of Canada: City WIDEN:...
Here are a few snapshots from The Toronto Review of Books Launch Party on September 20th, and our table at Word on the Street on September 25th. Thanks to all who joined us on both days! Special thanks also to Sarah Merekar, our official launch-party photographer, and to Brittany Pladek, craftsperson behind our stellar TRB launch-party cake. Featured herein are TRB associates Shawn Micallef, his...
On February 2, 2011, Rice University Professor Cary Wolfe lectured in the Bulthaup Spring 2011 series at the University of Toronto John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design on “Biopolitics, Biopower, and the (Nonhuman) Animal Body.” Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You...
Of Swallows Bookshop says: Please join us on Friday September 30 for an evening with distinguished cultural critic (Things Beyond Resemblance) and editor-translator (Aesthetic Theory, Current of Music) Robert Hullot-Kentor, Chair of the Program in Critical Theory and the Arts, at the School of Visual Arts, New York City. In the final session of our series Waste Luxury Knot, Prof. Hullot-Kentor...
The first talk in the Toronto Centre for the Book 2011-12 lecture series is today: Bill Sherman (University of York) “The Reader’s Eye: Between Annotation and Illustration” In Association with Book and Media Studies, St. Michael’s College, and the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies Friday, 23 September, 4:15 p.m. St. Michael’s College, 100 St. Joseph’s Street...
Welcome to Chirograph, the blog of The Toronto Review of Books, and a destination for updates on TRB events and podcasts, as well as Q&As with persons of note, and shotgun reviews of books and events around town. Be in touch if you’d like to contribute. The word “chirograph” refers to something written by hand, but we’re open to all media, and are eager to publish...
When our earlier launch party at Massey College ends around 10 pm on Tuesday, September 20th, we’ll be trooping down to No One Writes to Colonel at 460 College St. Join us! All are welcome.