March 23rd, 2009

Visit Saleema at Metaphysical Conceit
Saleema Nawaz reads from The Rules of Engagement by Catherine Bush (HarperCollins) [1:28m]:
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20 poets for $8.00? It’s true!
Visit Authors at Harbourfront Centre to purchase tickets!
Open Stage Night
Wednesday, March 25, 7:30pm, Brigantine Room
Line up for this lineup!
Oana Avasilichioaei
Catherine Black
Clara Blackwood
Kyle Buckley
Dani Couture
Asher Ghaffar
Jason Guriel
Jennica Harper
Angela Hibbs
Ryan Kamstra
Jp King
Michael Knox
Jacob McArthur Mooney
Alison Pick
Alessandro Porco
Johanna Skibsrud
Meaghan Strimas
Angela Szczepaniak
Natalie Zina Walschots
Zoe Whittall
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March 16th, 2009

Visit Crissy at The Calhoun Tribune.
Crissy Calhoun reads from Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess [1:40m]:
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Enter the CBC Book Club contest! Winner receives signed copies of this year’s Canada Reads contenders, plus a tote bag!
Follow along for details @seenreading.
Posted by Julie Wilson at 6:00 || 3 Comments » || Tags: contest, crissy calhoun, ecw, pontypool changes everything, readers reading, tony burgess ||
March 9th, 2009

Hannah Sung, host of CBC’s Book Club, graciously submitted this recording from Canada Reads winner The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. (HarperCollins)
Readers Reading: Hannah Sung reads from The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill [1:41m]:
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I’m running a CONTEST at Twitter in partnership with Chapters-Indigo. They’ve offered up a generous gift card so I can go shopping! For you!
Here’s how it works:
- Go to Twitter and follow @seenreading.
- @reply me 10 words that describe you best.
- Use the hashtag #srcontest
- Next week, I’ll choose 5-10 winners at random.
But this is where the real fun begins! Using your 10 words, I’ll be your personal shopper, hand picking a book I think you might get a kick out of!
So git on over to @seenreading, and show me what you’re made of!
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February 23rd, 2009
Posted by Julie Wilson at 6:00 || 2 Comments » || Tags: alias grace, fiction, kimberly walsh, margaret atwood, readers reading ||
February 16th, 2009

Carolyn Black reads from No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July [2:22m]:
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Posted by Julie Wilson at 6:30 || 1 Comment » || Tags: miranda july, no one belongs here more than you, readers reading, scribner, short stories ||
February 9th, 2009

So Misguided
Monique Trottier reads from The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway [1:54m]:
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February 2nd, 2009

Visit Magdalena at The Compulsive Reader.
Magdalena Ball reads from The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie [1:51m]:
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January 26th, 2009

Visit Stacey May Fowles’ site.
Stacey May Fowles reads from Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion [0:51m]:
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January 19th, 2009

Visit Jodi’s personal site, I Will Dare.
Check out Jodi’s other site, Minnesota Reads.
Jodi Chromey reads from My Happy Life by Lydia Millet [1:34m]:
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Posted by Julie Wilson at 6:00 || 2 Comments » || Tags: fiction, i will dare, jodi chromey, lydia millet, minnesota reads, my happy life, readers reading ||
January 5th, 2009

Visit Kerry Clare’s blog
Readers Reading: Kerry Clare reads from Once by Rebecca Rosenblum [1:30m]:
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