Do you love dinosaurs? Then this is the crafty, colourful event for you! Join Taiwanese illustrator Bei Lynn to create a brontosaurus sized masterpiece inspired by Bei’s picture books Leilong’s Too Long! and Leilong the Library Bus. There’s going to be so much to get your creative juices flowing from drawing, colouring, collage and tiny […]
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The romance genre is experiencing a new wave of popularity and audience growth. Join two of Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group’s most popular romance authors, Wendy Million and Romi Moondi, for this Ask The Expert panel. With over nine million reads on Wattpad’s online story platform and 13 print books between them, these two experts will […]
Come along and meet The Children’s Book Bank of Toronto team and be a part of the great big book jacket create. Draw, design, collage and colour your own imagined book cover and then add it to a growing ‘library’ of designs. Or, if you would like quiet time, then chill out in the book […]
Meet Me in the Yard (MMITY) is an audio installation created in collaboration with five community contributors, each sharing true stories of the personal impacts of incarceration. The story contributors ask powerful questions about justice and restitution on both national institutional and interpersonal levels, and offer visions of a transformed criminal justice system. MMITY was […]
Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! On Harbourfront’s Stage in the Park, Paul E. Hardisty will read from his climate-emergency thriller, The Forcing. Event Info: Date & Time: June 4 at 12pm ET Where: Stage in the Park on Harbourfront Centre’s West Lawn Duration: 15 […]
Whet your appetite for suspense! Bring a lunch or your favourite snack and head outdoors for a taster menu of all-things crime and mystery. Join authors Ryan Gattis, Jenny Lund Madsen, Harini Nagendra and Kwei Quartey for a playful, fun talk about crime writing, with a selection of readings from each of their latest books. […]
Adam Bunch brings the history of Toronto and the rest of Canada to life with engaging storytelling, images and humour. In this presentation, Bunch will cover the Toronto Circus Riot: The strangest riot in Toronto history broke out in the summer of 1855, sparked by a brawl at a King Street brothel. When some rowdy […]
Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! On Harbourfront’s Stage in the Park, American award-winning author and war veteran Kevin Powers will read from his latest novel, A Line in the Sand. Full of twists and turns, be prepared to be sit on the edge of […]
Join us by the water to hear the latest in Canadian crime fiction! Crime Writers of Canada (CWC), a national non-profit organization for Canadian crime and mystery writers, will be stationed on Harbourfront’s waterfront campus Saturday and Sunday to offer a thrilling glimpse into the latest scintillating stories by homegrown writers. Event Info: Date & […]
Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! Quebec author Roxanne Bouchard will grace Harbourfront’s Stage in the Park to read from her novel, Whisper of the Seals, the third book in her Detective Moralès Mystery series. Event Info: Date & Time: June 3 at 12pm ET […]
Adam Bunch brings the history of Toronto and the rest of Canada to life with engaging storytelling, images and humour. In this presentation, Bunch will discuss Toronto’s Most Notorious Murders: Toronto has a bloody past. It’s filled with stories of chilling crimes stretching back to the days when the city was founded. And while these […]
Toronto Crime Tours is the only crime tour in Canada hosted by former Detectives. Bob and Phil, who both have over 30 years policing experience, have worked in various squads within Toronto Police Services. This has allowed them to share stories through a unique lens, from the shocking to the bizarre, which have shaped the […]
What makes a great crime novel? What are the latest trends in the genre? What do publishers look for in a manuscript? Don’t miss your chance to ask Karen Sullivan, founder and publisher of Orenda Books, and Bjarni Thorsteinsson, publishing director at Veröld, your pressing questions about publishing crime and mystery and getting published. In this […]
Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! On Harbourfront’s Stage in the Park, notable Toronto author Sam Shelstad will read from his new book Citizens of Light. This debut novel, set in southern Ontario, captures call-centre life, faded tourist attractions, and suburbia with oddball wit and […]
South Lawn Tent, September 25 at 1pm ET. Join author Adam Bunch for a Toronto-themed story time! Seated in one of our outdoor tents, Bunch will read a selection of stories from The Toronto Book of the Dead. With morbid tales of war and plague, duels and executions, suicides and séances, Toronto’s past is filled […]
South Lawn Tent, October 2 at 1pm ET. Join author Adam Bunch for a Toronto-themed story time! Seated in one of our outdoor tents, Bunch will read a selection of stories from The Toronto Book of Love. Explore the evolution of the city from a remote colonial outpost to a booming modern metropolis through the stories […]
Stage in the Park, September 24 at 4pm ET. Meet some of this year’s most exciting Toronto-based authors during this free outdoor event, which will include short readings of works that reflect the many facets of Toronto. This reading will feature Lindsay Zier-Vogel and Charlie Petch. This is a free outdoor event.
Stage in the Park, October 2 at 4:30pm ET. Meet some of this year’s most exciting Toronto-based authors during this free outdoor event, which will include short readings of works that reflect the many facets of Toronto. This reading will feature Nancy Lam, Sam Shelstad and Dan K. Woo. This is a free outdoor event.
Storydrop Tent, October 2 at 2pm ET. The Big Create & Make is a drop-in session where you can linger for 10 minutes or 2 hours, and be part of making something big, beautiful and creative! Get in on the Festival fun and meet a published picture-book illustrator, while flexing your own creative muscles. Today’s […]
