Night of the Living Zed: Book launch (Toronto, ON)

Join authors

  Basil Sylvester & Kevin Sylvester 

 

for the launch 

 

of their newest middle-grade collaboration

and

sequel to their Governor General Literary Award-nominated book The Fabulous Zed Watson!

HarperCollins Canada, 2021
 

 

Night of the Living Zed

Written by Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester

HarperCollins Canada
978-1-4434-6920-3
256 pp.
Ages 8-12
January 2024

Review here

 

on

 

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

at

7:00 -9:00 PM

at

Another Story Bookshop
315 Roncesvalles Ave. (at Grenadier)
Toronto, ON

416-462-1104 

 

If you thought The Fabulous Zed Watson! was a fabulous mystery with lots of twists and turns, then you're going to love Night of the Living Dead as young sleuths Zed and best friend Gabe set out at Halloween to solve the mystery of Glyndebourne Manor. It's a weirdly wonderfully romp through a house filled with opera costumes and magician's props, trap doors and secrets, and ghosts and plenty of laughs.

 

Dual Book Launch: Gnomes is Where Your Heart Is & The Magic Cap (Toronto)

 

Authors Casey Lyall and Mireille Messier 

are promising

 

E-GNOME-US FUN

 

with a joint book launch for their newest books

 

 

Gnome is Where Your Heart Is

 Written by Casey Lyall
Greenwillow Books (Imprint of HarperCollins)
978-0-06-323982-1
304 pp.
Ages 8-12
May 2023 

Reviewed here

and

The Magic Cap

Written by Mireille Messier
Illustrated by Charlotte Parent
Milky Way Picture Books
978-1-990252-21-1
32 pp.
Ages 4-7
May 2023 

Reviewed here

 

 

Here's the info to get in your calendar early:

 

Date:  Sunday, July 30, 2023

 

Time: 1 PM

 

Location:  Another Story Bookshop

315 Roncesvalles Avenue

Toronto, ON

416-462-1104 

I haven't been to many launches in the past few years 

but I may just see you there. 

With two charming books, one middle-grade and one picture book, 

and a whole lot of gnomes, this may the one to get me out to celebrate great #youngCanLit.

Firefly: Virtual Book Launch

 

Join author

  

 Philippa Dowding

 

Photo by Andrea Gutsche

 

for the launch 

 

of her newest middle grade novel

Firefly

Written by Philippa Dowding
DCB
978-1-77086-598-3
200 pp.
Ages 9-12
February 2021

Reviewed here
 

on

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

 

6-7 p.m. (EST)

 

via Zoom

 

 

Register for this free online event

at

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-launch-firefly-by-philippa-dowding-tickets-140871330943

 

 

 I'm pleased to announce 

that I will be interviewing Philippa Dowding about Firefly 

so please come and check out the launch

• • •

This event is sponsored by 

 

publisher DCB/Cormorant Books

 

and

 

Another Story Bookshop

 

with 

 

Thunder Thighs Costumes

 (***There's a chance to win a few costume rental!!!***) 

• • • • • • • 

 

For a taste of Firefly, do check out Philippa Dowding's book trailer and reading of an excerpt from the book for a taste of what the book launch will offer.

 

Firefly Book Trailer

Uploaded to YouTube by Philippa Dowding on October 7, 2020.

 

 

Philippa Dowding Reads from FIREFLY, about a carrot costume ...

Uploaded to YouTube by Philippa Dowding on February 10, 2021.

Another Story Bookshop: 30th Anniversary & Author Event (Toronto, ON)

This year

Another Story Bookshop

turns 30!

🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

This independent bookstore

located at 

315 Roncesvalles Avenue

Toronto, ON

sells a broad range of literature 

for children, young adults and adults 

with a focus on themes of social justice, equity & diversity

and

it's celebrating with

a great line-up of author readings,

book giveaways,

and

20% off almost every book in the store!

🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

Tomorrow

Saturday, October 21, 2017

starting at 11 a.m.

check out these author readings:

11 am - Special children's book readings

Kyo Maclear 

Kenneth Oppel

S. Bear Bergman

Kelly Collier

Naseem Hrab

The other authors readings include:

1 pm:   Eva Stachniak,  Catherine Bush,  Carrianne Leung,  Martha Baillie,  Pasha Malla,  Sarah Meehan Sirk and Lillian Allen

3 pm:     Farzana Doctor, Maureen Hynes, Ishara Deen and Jenny Kay Dupuis

Jenny Kay Dupuis 

5 pm:     Alissa York,  Lauren MeKeon,  Bianca Lakoseljac and Ayub Nuri

🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

Full details at http://www.blogto.com/events/another-story-bookshops-30th-anniversary-bash/

When the Moon Comes: Book launch (Toronto, ON)

I know Canadians and those who love hockey will be anticipating the upcoming winter season.  

What better way to prepare than with this newest picture book from Tundra Books?

When the Moon Comes

Written by Paul Harbridge

Illustrated by Matt James

Tundra Books

978-1-101917770

40 pp.

Ages 4-8

September 2017

launches

on

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

7-9 p.m.

at

The Dakota Tavern

249 Ossington Avenue

Toronto, ON

Both author Paul Harbridge and illustrator Matt James will be at the launch

Details about the event were posted on the event's Facebook page:Both Paul Harbridge and Matt James will be on hand to speak briefly about the book and sign copies. Books will be sold on site by the incredible Another Story Bookshop (315 Roncesvalles Avenue). Following the signing The Très Bien Ensemble (http://thetresbienensemble.com/), featuring Matt James on guitar and vocals, will perform a short set. It promises to be more fun than an honest-to-goodness game of shinny.

From Penguin Random House Canada website at http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/251515/when-moon-comes#9781101917770:

In this atmospheric story, a group of kids play hockey on a frozen lake by moonlight. At once nostalgic and timely, this is a gorgeous book that will speak to readers young and old.

The beaver flood has finally frozen--perfect ice, without a bump or a ripple. For the kids in town, it's Christmas in November. They wait, impatiently, for the right moment. 

Finally, it arrives: the full moon. 

They huff and puff through logging trails, farms, back roads and tamarack swamps, the powdery snow soaking pant legs and boots, till they see it--their perfect ice, waiting. 

And the game is on.

From When the Moon Comes 

by Paul Harbridge 

illus. by Matt James

Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined: Book launch (Toronto, ON)

Join author

Danielle Younge-Ullman

for the launch of her new young adult book

Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined

Written by Danielle Younge-Ullman

Razorbill

978-0-425-28759-0

368 pp.

Ages 13-17

February 2017

on

  Sunday, February 26, 2017

2-4 p.m.

at

Another Story Book Shop

315 Roncesvalles Avenue

From Penguin Random House website at http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/535860/everything-beautiful-is-not-ruined-by-danielle-younge-ullman/9780425287590/

Wild meets The Breakfast Club in this story of a girl who must survive an extreme wilderness experience to prove to her mother that she has the strength to pursue her dreams. 

Then
Ingrid traveled all over Europe with her opera star mother, Margot-Sophia. Life was beautiful and bright, and every day soared with music.

Now
Ingrid is on a summertime wilderness survival trek for at-risk teens: addicts, runaways, and her. She’s fighting to survive crushing humiliations, physical challenges that push her to her limits, and mind games that threaten to break her.

Then
When the curtain fell on Margot-Sophia’s singing career, they buried the past and settled into a small, painfully normal life. But Ingrid longed to let the music soar again. She wanted it so much that, for a while, nothing else mattered.

Now
Ingrid is never going to make it through this summer if she can’t figure out why she’s here . . . and why the music really stopped.

What is Peace?: Book launch (Toronto)

Another Story Bookshop 

and 

the Toronto Public Library

present

award-winning author and illustrator

of

Wallace Edwards

for the launch of his newest book

What is Peace?

Text and illustrations by Wallace Edwards

North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada

978-1-4431-4843-6

32 pp.

Ages 4-10

November 2016

on 

Saturday, November 5, 2016

at 2 p.m.

at

Lillian H. Smith Library

(branch of the Toronto Public Library)

239 College Street

Toronto, ON

Book reviewed here on CanLit for Little Canadians

Hat On, Hat Off: Book launch (Toronto)

Grab your hat 

and 

head on down to the book launch of

Hat On, Hat Off

by Theo Heras

Illustrated by Renné Benoit

Pajama Press

978-1-927485-34-7

24 pp.

Ages 1-3

September 2016

on

Sunday, September 18, 2016

4 - 6 p.m.

at

Another Story Bookshop

315 Roncesvalles Ave. (at Grenadier)

Toronto, ON

What a great chance to share 
this fun rhyming book 

with

author Theo Heras 

and

illustrator Renné Benoit

About the book:
It’s time for this little one to go out. But which hat will he choose? Red hat, blue hat, striped hat, penguin hat, teddy bear hat? Once that decision is made, that hat just doesn’t stay on, while shoes are tied and jacket is buttoned. One more visit to the potty. And once this child is in the stroller at last, will that hat be on his head?

Toddlers will delight in choosing their own hats after they see this charming story. A simple, rhythmic text that reflects the everyday challenge of getting a toddler ready to go out. 

(Retrieved from http://pajamapress.ca/book/hat_on_hat_off/ on September 4, 2016.)

Look for my review of this baby-toddler gem within the week here on CanLit for LittleCanadians!

The Pirate's Bed: Book Launch (Toronto)

Join author Nicola Winstanley 

and 

illustrator Matt James 

for the launch of their new picture book

The Pirate's Bed

Tundra Books

978-1-77049-616-3

32 pp.

Ages 3-7

March, 2015

on Sunday, March 29, 2015

2:00 p.m.

at

Another Story Bookshop

315 Roncesvalles Avenue

Toronto, ON

416-462-1105

Call or email (books@anotherstory.ca) to reserve your autographed copy

The blurb, retrieved from the RandomHouse site at http://www.randomhouse.com/book/228423/the-pirates-bed-by-nicola-winstanley#blurb_tabs, tells this of the book:

"A pirate is sleeping snug in his bed, dreaming pirate dreams, when a great storm comes up at sea. The pirate sleeps on, but his bed is awake and scared of the thunder and the angry waves. Tossed this way and that, the ship finally crashes, sending the pirate to a tropical island and his bed off to sea.
     At first, the bed is overjoyed. It's free from smelly feet, snoring and scratchy wool. It floats in the now peaceful water, meeting friendly gulls and playful dolphins and basking in the sun. But soon the little bed begins to feel like something is missing..."