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Book-length Dinner Reading: Gwendolyn MacEwen’s A Breakfast for Barbarians

Saturday, July 5, 2008 - 7:30pm

St Thomas's church/Parish hall, Huron St

383 Huron Street
Ticket purchase deadline is July 2nd

Cost: Dinner tickets are SOLD OUT; Attend the reading for $10 at the door

383 Huron St., just out front of Coach House Press

my friends, my sweet barbarians,
there is that hunger which is not for food -
but an eye at the navel turns the appetite
round
with visions of some fabulous sandwich,
the brain's golden breakfast

from "A Breakfast for Barbarians"

Playing on the central trope of consumption in Gwendolyn MacEwen’s poetry collection, A Breakfast for Barbarians, the Scream Literary Festival invites you to engage with the book in its entirety over a sumptuous dinner provided by Juniper Catering. Four contemporary poets from different generations and artistic traditions – Barry Callaghan, Stephen Cain, Louise Bak and Lisa Foad – will read the complete text, each bringing their own voices to the work of Toronto’s most beloved poet. Dinner Tickets are SOLD OUT

MENU

The night will begin with mimosas as an appetizer.

FIRST COURSE: assorted fresh-baked muffins, breads and scones, with a selection of jams, honeys and butter, accompanied by fresh fruit.

SECOND COURSE: frittata with basil, tomato and smoked mozzarella, accompanied by handmade artisanal sausages (optional) and a salad of mixed local greens.

THIRD COURSE: hot waffles drizzled with blueberry maple syrup sauce

There will be a cash bar on site.

Permission for use granted by the author's family. Thanks also to Exile Editions.

Price: $35.00

If Hope Disorders Words: Dennis Lee Reprised

FRIDAY, JULY 10TH 2009 - 7:00pm

The Walmer Centre
188 Lowther Avenue

Cost: $40 for dinner plus reading
$15 for reading only

SOLD OUT!

One of Canada’s foremost literary talents revisits his classic, Governor General’s Award-winning Civil Elegies, alongside the recent, visionary poetry of Un and yesno. The City of Toronto Archives provides the setting for this year’s prestigious Book-Length Dinner Reading, as Dennis Lee looks to his storied past and plots a course for poetry’s future. Civil Elegies (1968) is widely regarded as a seminal work of Canadian literature, a mix of trenchant politics, everyday civic life and the joy of language. Un (2003) and yesno (2007) are scathing political commentaries told in dissolving and dissolute language, avant-garde treatises that mark a daring departure from his earlier works while reinvesting in his consummate musicality.

Tickets are available online here, or any Type Books. A three-course dinner will be provided by Juniper Catering, with vegetarian options available.

The book-length dinner is one of The Scream Literary Festival’s most prized annual traditions, having featured such luminary authors as Christian Bök, Dionne Brand, Christopher Dewdney, Sheila Heti, Lisa Robertson and Gerry Shikatani.

Sponsored by Open Book Toronto

Price: $40.00

 

 

 

The Scream Literary Festival would not be possible without the generous funding of the Canada Council for the Arts, The Department of Canadian Heritage (through its Arts Presentation Program), The Ontario Arts Council and The Toronto Arts Council. Site designed by Stop14 Media.

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