Well, the cat is out of the bag–
Copernicus
Avenue has made the
shortlist for the 2012 Toronto Book Awards. Thanks to all those who’ve
already heard the news and sent me messages of congratulation and support. It’s
a great honour to be included with the other fine writers on the
list.
The announcement kicks off an
eventful season and I hope you’ll be able to join me for one or more of
them.
On Tuesday, September
18, I’ll be joining novelists Antanas Sileika and Eva Stachniak for a reprise of our Writing Eastern Europe panel, presented
under the auspices of the Department of
Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto. The time is
set at 2–4 p.m. The exact location
at U of T is still TBA, so stay tuned.
I’ve got a big day planned for
this year’s Toronto Word on the
Street festival of authors and readers, Sunday, September 23 (which also
happens to be my birthday!). As part of the Toronto Book Award celebrations I’ll
be reading from and talking about Copernicus Avenue at the City of Toronto marquee at noon and 4 p.m. In between, and on the
same stage, I’ll be hosting a block of readings by writers representing
Toronto’s amazing diversity for Diaspora
Dialogues 2–3:30 p.m. Then I’ll be signing at the Cormorant Books
booth at 5 p.m.
The TBA festivities continue on Wednesday, October 3, when I and the
other shortlisted authors convene at the Toronto Public Library’s Yorkville
Branch, 22 Yorkville Avenue, to
read from our books, 6:30–8 p.m.
The big night is the TBA Awards Ceremony which will take
place at the Toronto Reference Library’s
Appel Salon on Thursday, October
11.
Quite a month coming up. Hope you
can be there!
Regards,
Andrew
Andrew J. Borkowski
