Sunday, April 21, 2013

May Events in Toronto, Hamilton, and Richmond Hill!

   
It's a good thing that I spent most of the beginning of 2013 holed up in my office, finishing my latest books, because I am going to be a very busy writer guy in May!
I hope to see you out at one or more of these events this Spring:

Sunday, May 5
 Hamilton Author Reading
at
LIT LIVE!
7:30 PM
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Homegrown Hamilton
27 King William Street
Hamilton, Ontario
Richard Scarsbrook will read from his White Pine Award-winning novel
as well as maybe reading a few “sneak preview” poems from his forthcoming book-length poetry collection, which will be published this Fall by Turnstone Press, 
and/or his new novel Nothing Man and The Purple Zero, 
which will be published by Cormorant Books in August/September.
More details HERE!
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Monday, May 6
 Toronto Author Reading
at
THE ROWERS READING SERIES
7:30 PM
Monday, May 6, 2013
The Victory Café
581 Markham St (South of Bloor, West of Bathurst),
Toronto, Ontario

Richard Scarsbrook will read from his White Pine Award-winning novel
as well as maybe reading a few “sneak preview” poems from his forthcoming book-length poetry collection, which will be published this Fall by Turnstone Press, 
and/or his new novel Nothing Man and The Purple Zero, 
which will be published by Cormorant Books in August/September.

Other fabulous readers include Stephanie Bolster, Sue Goyette & Elizabeth Zetlin.
More details HERE!
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Tuesday, May 14

 Toronto Book Launch
for
The Lion and The Aardvaark!
7:30 PM
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Victory Café
581 Markham St (South of Bloor, West of Bathurst),
Toronto, Ontario
The Rowers Reading Series & Stone Skin Press are delighted to present the Toronto launch of 
This unique international anthology has seventy writers from across the creative spectrum bringing their modern sensibilities to the classic format of Aesop's 2,500-year-old fables. 

Join the anthology's local contributors including Daniel Perry, Richard Scarsbrook, Heather Wood, Jim Zub & many more for a fabulous evening at the Victory Cafe.
(The illustration pictured below is from my fable "The Beaver and The Trout" in the anthology.) 

More details HERE!
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Wednesday, May 15

 The 2013 OLA White Pine Awards!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
10 AM
WestJet Stage, Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay West 
Toronto, Ontario
I have been invited back to host The Ontario Library Association's White Pine Awards ceremony again this year, and I am SO PUMPED!
I won the award in 2011, and I hosted the awards in 2012, so being involved again this year is a VERY BIG DEAL!
(The illustration pictured below is of me hosting the ceremony last year.) 

More details HERE!
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Thursday, May 23
 Awards Presentation
at
The Richmond Hill Arts Gala
Thursday, May 23, 2013
7:00 to 9:00 PM
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts
10268 Yonge Street
Richmond Hill, Ontario
As one of the judges for the Richmond Hill Student Poetry and Fiction Writing Contests, Richard Scarsbrook will be on hand to help hand out the prizes!
More details HERE!
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