Toronto Lit Up: Roaming by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki

Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

Toronto Lit Up: Roaming by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki

Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

7:00pm

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Join author-illustrator duo Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki for the launch of their latest graphic novel Roaming (Drawn & Quarterly). The event will take place on September 14 at 7pm ET at the OCAD University Great Hall. Jillian and Mariko will do a slideshow reading followed by a conversation with author Zoe Whitall. There will be an audience Q&A at the end of the talk and a book signing after.

This is a free Toronto Lit Up event. Books will be sold on site by Another Story Bookshop.

OCAD University Great Hall
100 McCaul St, Level 2


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 2023, Toronto Lit Up has presented 165 events featuring over 200 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.

          

Toronto Lit Up

Join author-illustrator duo Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki for the launch of their latest graphic novel Roaming (Drawn & Quarterly). The event will take place on September 14 at 7pm ET at the OCAD University Great Hall. Jillian and Mariko will do a slideshow reading followed by a conversation with author Zoe Whitall. There will be an audience Q&A at the end of the talk and a book signing after.

This is a free Toronto Lit Up event. Books will be sold on site by Another Story Bookshop.

OCAD University Great Hall
100 McCaul St, Level 2


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 2023, Toronto Lit Up has presented 165 events featuring over 200 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.

          

Toronto Lit Up

Featured Authors

Jillian Tamaki is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator raised in Calgary, Alberta. She is the author of the Eisner Award-winning graphic novels SuperMutant Magic Academy and Boundless, and the author-illustrator of two picture books, including most recently Our Little Kitchen. With her cousin Mariko Tamaki, she is the co-creator of the young adult graphic novels SKIM and This One Summer, which won a Governor General’s Award and Caldecott Honor. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.     

Read more about Jillian Tamaki

Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian writer living in California. She is the co-creator of the graphic novels Skim and This One Summer with Jillian Tamaki, and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me with Rosemary Valero-O’Connell. She writes superhero comics for DC Comics, Darkhorse and Marvel. Mariko was the recipient of the Eisner for Best Writer in 2020. Collectively, her works have received Printz Honors, Eisner, Ignatz, Ringo and Prism awards. She is the curator of the Abrams LGBTQ imprint, Surely Books.

Read more about Mariko Tamaki

7:00pm

Thursday, September 14

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