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Another lifetime achievement award
Today Reed Exhibitions posted some much-awaited details on BOOKED!, the author festival that’s running just before the BookExpo Canada convention and trade show next month. The most notable event is a gala tribute to horror giant Stephen King on Friday, June 8 (which is also happening under the Luminato banner); according to the website, King will, incredibly, make his first public appearance in Canada to accept a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Booksellers Association.
A GALA TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN KING
John Bassett Theatre 7:30 pm (starting at $25)
Join master storyteller and multi-million-copy best-selling author Stephen King (US) as he makes his very first public appearance in Canada to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Booksellers Association. Enjoy a night of tribute from surprise celebrity guests, and an intimate on-stage conversation with one of the world’s most famous writers. Presented by Luminato in partnership with Booked!
A GALA TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN KING
John Bassett Theatre 7:30 pm (starting at $25)
Join master storyteller and multi-million-copy best-selling author Stephen King (US) as he makes his very first public appearance in Canada to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Booksellers Association. Enjoy a night of tribute from surprise celebrity guests, and an intimate on-stage conversation with one of the world’s most famous writers. Presented by Luminato in partnership with Booked!
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Thanks for posting this Bev!
BOOKED! was created by members of the publishing community to give booklovers access to the authors behind the books they love, with readings, presentations, forums, panel discussions and two full days of children's programming. Free events will be held at bookstores and locations throughout Toronto, while ticketed events (ranging from $5-$25) will be held at Fort York, Harbourfront and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
And, BOOKED! is proud to announce a gala tribute to master storyteller and multi-million-copy best-selling author Stephen King-his first-ever public appearance in Canada-to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Booksellers Association. The event, to be held at the John Bassett Theatre at the MTCC on Friday, June 8 at 7:30 pm will include an on-stage interview with a surprise celebrity guest. Presented by BOOKED! in partnership with Luminato, International Readings at Harbourfront and Simon & Schuster Canada.
Tickets to all events go on sale Thursday May 3 through the BOOKED! web site www.bookedbetweenthecovers.com and the Harbourfront Centre box office 416-973-4000.
For details on other events, a listing of all participating authors and locations, and for more information on BOOKED! and its sponsors, visit www.bookedbetweenthecovers.ca on May 3rd.
Hard to believe, but in Stephen King's 59 years - 30 of them as a fixture on the bestseller lists of North America - he has never had an official public appearance in Canada. This anomaly will be rectified next month when the creator of The Shining and Carrie makes his first visit to Toronto.
He's coming on June 8 as the guest of Booked!, a new authors festival that is going to coincide with - and be a part of - both the inaugural Luminato festival of arts and creativity (June 1-10) and BookExpo Canada, the annual "Woodstock" of Canadian publishers and booksellers (June 8-11).
King is just one of an estimated 50 writers expected to participate in various ticketed and free events at Booked! Others on tap include contrarian author and columnist Christopher Hitchens, The Birth House author Ami McKay, novelist-short-story writer-comedian Sherman Alexie, memoirist Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle), neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, children's author Kenneth Oppel and novelist David Gilmour, winner of the 2005 Governor-General's Award.
Running June 7-9, Booked! -- its working moniker until recently was "Book It!" -- is the brainchild of something called the BookExpo Canada Task Force, set up last year to find ways to increase public participation in BookExpo. Organized by Reed Exhibitions Canada, BookExpo has traditionally been conceived primarily as a restricted trade show/convention focused on publishers pushing their wares for the crucial fall season to booksellers.
In recent years, however, Canadian publishers have complained that BookExpo has not been worth their investment or time, and some have threatened to withdraw .
Booked!, subtitled "Three Days Between the Covers," will "encompass everything from readings and interviews to interactive demonstration and kids' activities in venues large and intimate," including the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Fort York and sundry bookstores. Much of the event is being held in conjunction with International Readings at Harbourfront, which has been running its own International Festival of Authors every October for more than 25 years.
The ostensible reason for King's appearance is to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Booksellers Association. This will occur in the John Bassett Theatre at the convention centre on June 8, starting at 7:30 p.m. Individual tickets are $25, with the event including an onstage interview. Details are to be made available today at http://www.bookedbetweenthecovers.com.
Grand Prize Winner!
Mr. Jingles (of The Green Mile) returns as a zombie mouse to terrorize the inmates of E Block at Cold Mountain Penitentiary.—CHRISTOPHER MCGREGOR
Runners-Up
The letters in Campbell's alphabet soup spell out ominous predictions for horrible events that may or may not come to pass, and it's up to Jesse try and stop them.—JASON MOORE
A grisly, yet strangely amusing series of deadly incidents rattle Torontonians following installation of new Astral Media street furniture. Let's just say you'll want to stand well back from the garbage cans . . .—GREG MILLS
Torontoist graciously deems Mike DeBiasio the greatest King fan and awards him the cherished tickets regardless of his pitiful attempt at concocting a King story.—MIKE DEBIASIO
The boy from the Shining and the girl from Firestarter marry and have twins that can link telepathically, amplifying their other powers as they take over the world.—LOUIS SYTSMA
Honourable Mentions
Squirrels that kill 'cause they're nuts!—DAN PURPURA
A person recognizes their Soul Twin from a riveting past-life experience... but in THIS life, their Soul Twin is an unapproachable world-renowned celebrity.—AUDREY SPARKES
A man gets an itch that won't stop until he cuts beneath the surface of his skin and finds out why.—RODERICK THEDORFF
Thanks again to Simon & Schuster for hooking Torontoist readers up.
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Bravo Lou!!!!
A splendid time for all.
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Fantastic!
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