http://www.descant.ca/blog "Descant...will make you feel glad to be human." — Leon Rooke Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:59:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Free Times Cafe (320 College Street, west of Spadina) Doors at 6:30PM; Readings at 7PM FREE/ALL AGES Featuring Readings by: Devon CODE Colin FRIZZELL Paul VERMEERSCH ----------------- Following the outstanding success of HEAR/HEAR #7, we’re getting ready to do it all again! On Wednesday, August 11, NOW HEAR THIS! will ... http://www.descant.ca/blog/2010/07/30/hearhear-reading-series-wednesday-august-11/ Attention writers: Descant is pleased to announce a call for submissions on the theme of renovations — both the physical and the metaphorical kind! We are seeking any and all poetry and fiction that explores the reconstructive process of making the old into the new. The deadline for submissions to this ... http://www.descant.ca/blog/2010/07/16/descant-seeks-submissions-on-renovations/ Wednesday, July 14, 2010 / 7:30pm Bar Italia (582 College Street, Toronto) Free! Come celebrate with us at the launch of our exciting summer issue, Descant 149: Summer and Smoke: The Search for Values. Held at the Bar Italia, the night will be filled with food ... http://www.descant.ca/blog/2010/07/06/descant-d149-summer-launch-%e2%80%94-july-14/ Get ready for this year’s The Scream Literary Festival — six exciting days of literary events across Toronto! Now in its 18th year, The Scream is a tribute to all that is radical, provocative, and new in literature. Events of all kinds will be happening ... http://www.descant.ca/blog/2010/07/02/the-scream-literary-festival-2010-july-6-%e2%80%94-12/ Ian Brown — writer, journalist, and past Descant contributor — has been awarded the 23rd Annual Trillium Book Award for his stunning memoir, The Boy in the Moon. The Boy in the Moon explores the challenges of parenting a child with a severe disability. With a bare and loving sense of ... http://www.descant.ca/blog/2010/06/30/ian-brown-wins-the-trillium-book-award/ Over the past week it has been brought to the public's attention that This Ain't the Rosedale Library, once named Canada's best independent bookstore, has run into financial trouble and is facing eviction from their landlord. If you've ever visited This Ain't the Rosedale Library, you are familiar with a place ... http://www.descant.ca/blog/2010/06/23/save-this-aint-the-rosedale-library/ WHAT: The launch of Confessions of a Reluctant Cougar by Myna Wallin WHEN: Wednesday, June 23 at 8:00 pm WHERE: Proof Vodka Bar, 220 Bloor Street West This Wednesday, join Myna Wallin in celebrating the launch of her new book! Confessions of a Reluctant Cougar is a boisterous collection of short stories that puts ... http://www.descant.ca/blog/2010/06/20/myna-wallin-launches-her-new-book-on-wednesday-june-23/   The Descant office is always filled with many different, wonderful people who are dedicated to keeping the magazine going. But who are all of these fantastic people? Wouldn’t you like to know ... http://www.descant.ca/blog/2010/06/18/descant-profiles-james-hatch-production-editor/ Toronto Small Press Book Fair Saturday June 19, 11am-5pm 1087 Queen Street West (Directions: Queen Street West & Dovercourt Road. Some street parking. Public Transit: TTC Queen Streetcar). DESCANT is inviting you to join us at this year's Spring Toronto Small Press Book Fair. From 11am to 5pm on June 19, publishers, writers, ... http://www.descant.ca/blog/2010/06/15/descant-at-toronto-small-press-book-fair-june-19-11am-5pm/ Get an online preview of our upcoming summer issue, D149: Summer and Smoke, right here. Watch for it on the newsstands — and in the mail — this July. Click here to subscribe now http://www.descant.ca/blog/2010/06/09/descant-149-summer-and-smoke-%e2%80%94-sneak-peek/