Join Curtis Carmichael, author, professional speaker, certified STEM elementary teacher and social entrepreneur, March 30th at 7pm ET for the launch of his book, Butterflies in the Trenches: The Hood, an Epic Bike Ride, and Finding Inspiration (Synergy Books). The event will take place at the Roof Garden in Toronto at Bloor and Dovercourt.
More information to come.
Roof Garden Toronto
1 Roof Garden Lane
Join Pamela Mordecai on Monday, March 27th at 6:30pm for the launch of the de book of Joseph (Mawenzi House), at Massey College in the Junior Common Room. Pamela will be joined by Ronald Cummings, Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, and will also be doing a reading and Q&A. Books will be available for purchase on site courtesy of Queen Books.
de book of Joseph the third book in Mordecai’s epic trilogy about the lives of Jesus, his mother, Mary, and his foster father, the tekton of Nazareth.
The event will run from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.Coffee, tea, wine, and cheese will be available. Book your spot by emailing events@mawenzihouse.com.
Massey College Junior Common Room 4 Devonshire Pl, Toronto
Toronto Lit Up is a multi-year initiative, started in 2016 by the Toronto International Festival of Authors and the Toronto Arts Council, to spotlight Toronto writers and empower local artists with career-building opportunities. Between April 2016 and June 2022, Toronto Lit Up has presented 137 events to launch 161 books by 236 Toronto authors. Toronto Lit Up book launches take place throughout the year at venues across the city. They are open to the public and free to attend. Click here for more information.
Natasha Adiyana Morris is a soft-spoken, dramatic storyteller. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Toronto’s West End—in the most encouraging and full’up Jamaican household—being (h)extra is in her blood. Recognized for founding PIECE OF MINE Arts, an initiative that presents works in progress by Black play creators, she owes a great deal to the esteemed tutelage of b current, anitafrika! dub theatre, Obsidian Theatre and Volcano Theatre. Her debut production The Negroes Are Congregating (PIECE OF MINE Arts, Theatre Passe Muraille) was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play. She is honoured to be a Soulpepper Academy and York University (Sociology B.A.) alumni.
Curtis Carmichael is the author of Butterflies in the Trenches—the World’s First Augmented Reality memoir and 2021 Best Indie Book Award Winner for Inspirational Non-Fiction. His cross-Canada cycling tour Ride for Promise raised funds for Toronto Community Housing afterschool programs and was featured in an award-winning documentary, CBC, Global News, CityNews, Your Morning, CP24 Breakfast and TEDx. Curtis is an award-winning social entrepreneur, futurist, STEM and hip-hop teacher, and founder of Source Code Academy Canada. As a self-taught computer programmer, Curtis built the mobile app which brings his memoir to life by giving readers access to hidden content throughout the book.
Join Margaret DeRosia on Wednesday, March 15th at 7pm ET to celebrate the launch of Eight Strings (Simon and Schuster Canada) at Glad Day Bookshop. Margaret will be reading from her enthralling debut novel, and will be available for a Q&A and book signing.
The event doors will open at 7pm, but the bookshop will be open beforehand if you’d like to browse. During the event, the Glad Day café will be open for food and drinks, plus some other celebratory treats will be served.
Copies of Eight Strings will be available for sale courtesy of Glad Day.
Glad Day Bookshop
499 Church St, Toronto
Toronto Lit Up is a multi-year initiative, started in 2016 by the Toronto International Festival of Authors and the Toronto Arts Council, to spotlight Toronto writers and empower local artists with career-building opportunities. Between April 2016 and June 2022, Toronto Lit Up has presented 137 events to launch 161 books by 236 Toronto authors. Toronto Lit Up book launches take place throughout the year at venues across the city. They are open to the public and free to attend. Click here for more information.
Margaret DeRosia is a writer, editor and historian originally from Michigan. She has taught film, literature and digital media at the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Cruz, Sonoma State University, the California College of the Arts, and Western University. Eight Strings is her debut novel. She currently resides in Toronto with her wife and two cats.