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Photos! The Word On The Street 2012

Submitted by clelia on September 26, 2012 - 1:01pm
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Queen's Park Circle was packed with authors, publishers and readers on Sunday, September 23rd for The Word On The Street, Canada's biggest book and magazine fair. The strange weather that day — one moment it was hot and sunny, the next, cold and rainy — didn't deter people from enjoying the many wonderful readings, activities and sales.

Open Book was there to take in the day's festivities and to snap a few photos. Click on a thumbnail to start the image gallery.

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The Guernica Editions table at The Word On The Street.
We stopped by the Quattro Books table at The Word On The Street.
Awesome Quattro books for sale at The Word On The Street.
A very happy festival-goer in her <em>Olivia</em> crown.
The friendly The Word On The Street people who were handing out Olivia crowns, Polkaroo hats and programs to festival attendees.
Mystery writer Rick Blechta holds up a copy of his latest book at the Dundurn table.
Fabulous books from Dundurn!
The Mansfield Press crew.
Friendly faces at the Cormorant Books table.
Thomas Allen Publishers at The Word On The Street.
Look at all those great Thomas Allen books!
The Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at The Word On The Street.
Groundwood Books at The Word On The Street.
Check out all of those incredible writers who were at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent!
Alison Roesler of General Store Publishing House at The Word On The Street.
The Insomniac Press team at The Word On The Street.
Stacey Madden, Mathew Henderson, Missy Marston and James Grainger
Open Book's September writer-in-residence, Stacey Madden, reading from his debut novel, <em>Poison Shy</em>.
The ECW table
Kitty Lewis and Brick Books ask a very good question: Is there poetry in your life?
Wonderful poetry at the Brick Books table.
Becky Toyne, one of the hosts of the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent (and a regular columnist with Open Book).
Ben McNally of Ben McNally Books.
Second Story Press on the always-busy KidStreet at The Word On The Street.
Awesome retro t-shirts at the OwlKids booth on KidStreet at The Word On The Street.
Tamara Faith Berger reads from <em>Maidenhead</em> (Coach House Books) at The Word On The Street.
Erin Knight reads from her poetry collection, <em>Chaser</em> (House of Anansi) at The Word On The Street.
Kyo Maclear reads from her novel <em>Stray Love</em> (HarperCollins) at the Great Books Marquee at The Word On The Street,
James Deahl, David Day, Steven W Beattie, Roo Borson and Dennis Lee discuss ecopoetry at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent.
Evan Munday and Alana Wilcox at the Coach House Books table.

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Submitted by clelia on July 7, 2011 - 3:15pm

The Catharsis of Screaming

By Jenny Sampirisi

On the wall in my kitchen I have a framed broadside of a Robert Kroetsch poem, titled "Hornbook #15" from The Poetics of Rita Kleinhart. It’s signed in pencil and in the corner, obscured by the frame and in the same graphite scrawl it says, “Scream in High Park 13/98.” The poem predates my time working for The Scream Literary Festival.