Get Caught Reading
From Rsgc Library
Celebrate Get Caught Reading! 2006 this November 16, 2006, at Nicholas Hoare Books, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
This event is free of charge.
Get Caught Reading is an annual evening of shopping in one of Canada's finest independent bookstores, accompanied by the sounds of school musical ensembles, and featuring book signings by some of Canada's hottest writers. A portion of the revenues raised from the evening go to supporting the Royal St. George's College-Ryerson Community School Tutoring Partnership.
Nicholas Hoare Books is located at 45 Front Street East (the south side of Front just west of Church Street). Pay parking is located on the street and in public lots to the south on the Esplanade.
Guest Authors
Authors will be personalizing copies of their books. Each author is scheduled to appear for forty minutes.
7 p.m. - 7:40 p.m.
- Pat Capponi is the author of Last Stop Sunnyside, a mystery and her debut novel. She is well known as a mental health advocate and is the author of several best sellers that include, Upstairs in the Crazy House and Dispatches from the Poverty Line.
- Lisa Smith's Oliver Crump is not a Grump, is a picture book in which an old man welcomes spring, and the title character is based on the author/illustrator's own father. Smith is the illustrator of Why is an Orange Called an Orange, and the author/illustrator of Not So Very Far Away.
7:40 p.m. - 8:20 p.m.
- Michael Helm is the author of In the Place of Last Things (2004) and the Giller Prize-nominated The Projectionist (1997). Leon Rooke called him, "the best young writer in Canada".
- Madeleine Thien's debut novel Certainty follows her acclaimed collection of stories, Simple Recipes. Of that book, Alice Munro wrote, "A splendid writer. I am astonished by the clarity and ease of the writing, and a kind of emotional purity."
8:20 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- Vincent Lam's first collection of stories, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize. In his spare time Dr. Lam is an emergency room physician in Toronto.
- Louise Penny's Dead Cold is the second book in her Armand Gamache series. Gamache is a chief inspector with the Quebec provincial police. The Gamache series is a projected to be a four book series with each book taking place in a different season.
Royal St. George's College-Ryerson Community School Tutoring Partnership
Ryerson Community Public School is a public K-8 school located in the Dundas and Bathurst neighbourhood. The school educates a large number of new Canadians and students whose first language is one other than English. The tutoring partnership gives groups of Ryerson students an opportunity for weekly enrichment in subjects as diverse as literacy, mathematics, art, physical education, environmental studies, music, and science. RSGC boys in grades 8-12 earn opportunities for community involvement, but more importantly, are introduced to the challenges and rewards of teaching, learning, and making new friends.
Each year Nicholas Hoare donates a portion of the sales revenue from Get Caught Reading to RSGC, and the school uses the donation to fund the RSGC-Ryerson partnership. These valuable dollars pay for supplies, TTC fare, and special guests.
If you are interested in learning more about the RSGC-Ryerson partnership contact Ms. Emma Roche at: eroche@rsgc.on.ca.
