TOK, Book 6’s contributors include: Jo SiMalaya Alcampo, Lynda Allison, Mahlikah Awe:ri, Karen Connelly, Rishma Dunlop, Alicia Elliott, Dorianne Emmerton, Terri Favro, Sarah Feldbloom, Faye Guenther, David Layton, Jennifer Marston, Martin Mordecai, Sheila Murray, Joanne Pak, Alicia Peres, Pradeep Solanki, Phoebe Wang and Joyce Wayne.
Join us for the launch of TOK: Writing the New Toronto, Book 6
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Gladstone Hotel ballroom
1214 Queen Street West
Doors open at 7:00 pm
readings begin at 7:30 pm
Join us for the launch of TOK: Writing the New Toronto, Book 6
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Gladstone Hotel ballroom
1214 Queen Street West
Doors open at 7:00 pm
readings begin at 7:30 pm
Every year there is a city born anew in this series. This shared urban environment belongs to everyone who calls it home regardless of how long they have been here, or from where they came. These writers bring fresh eyes to neighbourhoods you may have walked through a thousand times, or reprise a Toronto of time gone past. You may recognize its torched buildings, back alleyways or TTC stations, or not—but you will recognize the truth in the human experiences they portray.
- Helen Walsh, Preface, TOK Book 6
The stories and poetry in Book 6 offer a slew of different voices – rooted in the city you know, but always offering a different twist. Whether it’s the pleasure and pain of human interconnectedness or the complexity and inescapability of the mother-daughter relationship, these stories speak to the commonalities we share as human beings, while the story details remind us that those commonalities are differently shaped by our cultural backgrounds.
From a post-war Spadina Avenue to the charred remains of Queen Street West; from a Malton garden to Morningside Park; from a church pew to the TTC subway, TOK Book 6 will take you on a tour of your city that you won’t soon forget.
The TOK series is a result of Diaspora Dialogues’ annual mentoring and commissioning program, which commissions established writers to create original Toronto-set work, while mentoring emerging writers selected through an open call and juried process.
For more details, visit www.diasporadialogues.com.
- Helen Walsh, Preface, TOK Book 6
The stories and poetry in Book 6 offer a slew of different voices – rooted in the city you know, but always offering a different twist. Whether it’s the pleasure and pain of human interconnectedness or the complexity and inescapability of the mother-daughter relationship, these stories speak to the commonalities we share as human beings, while the story details remind us that those commonalities are differently shaped by our cultural backgrounds.
From a post-war Spadina Avenue to the charred remains of Queen Street West; from a Malton garden to Morningside Park; from a church pew to the TTC subway, TOK Book 6 will take you on a tour of your city that you won’t soon forget.
The TOK series is a result of Diaspora Dialogues’ annual mentoring and commissioning program, which commissions established writers to create original Toronto-set work, while mentoring emerging writers selected through an open call and juried process.
For more details, visit www.diasporadialogues.com.
