Revenge of the Librarians: Tom Gauld

Tom Gauld

Revenge of the Librarians: Tom Gauld

Tom Gauld

3:30pm

Sunday, September 25

Book lovers, writers and publishing professionals alike will be laughing and cringing with Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Tom Gauld in his newest comic collection, Revenge of the Librarians. In this book about books, the Scottish author skillfully satirises society, institutions and any form of literature from Jane Eyre to Game of Thrones. A regular columnist for The Guardian (UK) and The New Scientist, Gauld playfully teases readers to come face-to-face with the fears we refuse to admit we have, including failure, creativity and the impending doom of the to-be-read pile. Meet Gauld in lively conversation on the TIFA stage, and experience his artwork from Revenge of the Librarians up close, as currently on exhibition in the Marilyn Brewer Community Space.

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: September 25 at 3:30pm ET
Where: Brigantine Room in Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

Book lovers, writers and publishing professionals alike will be laughing and cringing with Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Tom Gauld in his newest comic collection, Revenge of the Librarians. In this book about books, the Scottish author skillfully satirises society, institutions and any form of literature from Jane Eyre to Game of Thrones. A regular columnist for The Guardian (UK) and The New Scientist, Gauld playfully teases readers to come face-to-face with the fears we refuse to admit we have, including failure, creativity and the impending doom of the to-be-read pile. Meet Gauld in lively conversation on the TIFA stage, and experience his artwork from Revenge of the Librarians up close, as currently on exhibition in the Marilyn Brewer Community Space.

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: September 25 at 3:30pm ET
Where: Brigantine Room in Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Conversation

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Tom Gauld
Tom Gauld was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1976. He studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. Tom works as an illustrator and cartoonist and has contributed work to The Guardian, The New Yorker, The Believer, The New York Times and Granta. He illustrated the children’s book The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and made a comic-strip cover for Penguin Books’ deluxe edition of The Three Musketeers. He has created a number of short comic books including Guardians of the Kingdom, Hunter and Painter and The Gigantic Robot. His comics have appeared in the three most recent editions of the comics anthology Kramers Ergot. Since 2005 Tom has made a weekly cartoon about the arts which appears in the Guardian’s Saturday Review section. He lives in London, England, with his partner and two daughters.

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3:30pm

Sunday, September 25

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