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Join us January 14 at 7pm at El Mocambo for the launch of Catch a Fire: The Blaze and Bust of the Canadian Cannabis Industry by Ben Kaplan (Dundurn Press).

The night will be full of night of revelry and music, indulgence and fun, as we launch a business book with edge, a night to remember one of the biggest stories of Canadian money and drugs.

With a special live performance from Toronto’s own, the Brokes.

Catch a Fire is a book about the legalization of cannabis in Canada and thus has one of the biggest launches of the year. Join author Ben Kaplan and his partners at High Tide, the Canadian dispensary chain behind Canna Cabana, for a night of revelry and music, indulgence and fun, as we launch a business book with edge, a drug book with finance, and a night to remember one of the biggest stories of Canadian finance of the last fifty years.

Visit the El Mocambo website to RSVP.

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 March 2024, Toronto Lit Up has presented over 200 events featuring over 250 Toronto authors and illustrators. 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.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Catch A Fire

The untold story of the $131-billion Canadian cannabis blow out. Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton didn’t invent marijuana, but he figured out how to turn a Canadian start-up selling the stuff into a $22-billion international buzz. Catch a Fire goes behind the scenes of Justin Trudeau’s legalization gambit and the stoned pioneering lawyers ... Read more

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Ben Kaplan

Ben Kaplan is a writer and editor who has worked at GQ, New York Magazine and the National Post. Originally from Brooklyn, Kaplan is a founder and editor of KIND Magazine, distributed in Canada’s legal weed shops, and the owner of iRun, the country’s largest running magazine.

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