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Events: June 11, 2009
Some of the literary events taking place across the country today.
- Alberta: Calgary
- Nora Foster Stovel discusses Divining Margaret Laurence: A Study of Her Complete Writings and Jane Austen Sings the Blues at Pages on Kensington, 1135 Kensington Road NW, starting at 7pm.
- British Columbia: Vancouver
- David Sedaris reads from When You Are Engulfed in Flames at Chapters, 2505 Granville Street, starting at 1pm.
- Danny Deardorff talks about The Other Within: The Genius of Deformity in Myth Culture and Psyche at Ayurveda Yoga, 3630 W. 4th Avenue, starting at 6:30pm.
- Ally Carter will be reading at West Point Grey United Church Sanctuary, 4595 West 8th Ave., starting at 7pm.
- Kevin Chong and Mitch Parry will be at the UBC Bookstore Library Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, as part of the Robson Reading Series, starting at 7pm.
- British Columbia: Victoria
- David Sedaris reads from When You Are Engulfed in Flames at Bolen Books, 111-1644 Hillside Ave, starting at 7pm.
- Manitoba: Winnipeg
- Yves Engler presents The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy at Mondragon, 91 Albert St., starting at 7pm.
- Jake MacDonald will be signing Grizzlyville: Adventures in Bear Country at McNally Robinson Booksellers, 1120 Grant Avenue, starting at 7pm.
- Susan Prentice launches About Canada: Childcare at Prairie Ink Restaurant, 1120 Grant Avenue, starting at 8pm.
- Nova Scotia: Dartmouth
- Mike Heffernan reads from Rig: An Oral History of the Ocean Ranger Disaster at Alderney Gate Public Library, 60 Alderney Drive, starting at 7pm.
- Ontario: Ottawa
- C.B. Forrest launches The Weight of Stones at Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeebar, 1242 Wellington Street West, starting at 7:30pm.
- Ontario: Toronto
- For Luminato, Hiromi Goto will be at the Toronto Public Library, Centennial Branch, 578 Finch Ave. West, starting at 4:30pm. Aravind Adiga, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Yiyun Li, Tash Aw present World Voices in Fiction at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Avenue, starting at 7:30pm.
- Miriam Toews reads from The Flying Troutmans at the Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St., starting at 12:30pm, and at the S. Walter Stewart Branch, 170 Memorial Park Ave., starting at 7pm.
- Shani Mootoo reads from Valmiki's Daughter at the Toronto Public Library, Richview Branch, 1806 Islington Avenue, starting at 2pm.
- Leonard Rosmarin reads from Getting Enough at McNally Robinson Booksellers, 1090 Don Mills Road, starting at 7pm.
- Saskatchewan: Saskatoon
- Joan Crate reads from Suburban Legends at McNally Robinson Booksellers, 3130 8th Street East, starting at 7:30pm.
