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My first experience with Brown Paper Tickets

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A few weeks ago, I hosted the ninth edition of my little reading series, Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids. For the very first time, I decided to make it a paid, ticketed event, with the proceeds going to Frontier College. During school, I had a part-time job in school at the now-closed Empire [...]

Juvenilia in Charlottetown

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Every once in a while, I get an email or a telephone call along the lines of “I really like the idea behind Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids. Can I do one in my city?” My response is almost always, “Of course! Please do! Just call it something else.” So then, from Sandy [...]

GRTTWaK4 post-mortem

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The fourth installment of Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids was, like each of the previous events, a lot of fun. This time around, we moved to a new venue: The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom. It turned out to be a great room for the event, with (almost) enough seating. It’s my constant fear that [...]

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids FAQ

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A message from Mara in my inbox tonight: I’m very interested in attending the Grownups Read event on Monday, but the start time isn’t mentioned on the website. It would probably help if I knew when to show up. I’ve had a couple of very valid questions like this over the past little while, so [...]

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids #3 was fun, packed

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I’m a little late posting this, seeing as the event was almost two weeks ago, but I have to say: the third Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids was an awful lot of fun. It was also well-attended. Some might say a little too well-attended. Thanks no doubt to some pimping by Torontoist, BlogTO, [...]

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids #3

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Last night, at Future Bakery, I ran into Bryanna, who read at the first Grownups… reading night back in February. Seeing her reminded me that there hasn’t been an event since the spring. Which is a shame, because it’s fun. So today I called up Blake at the Victory, and I’m pleased to announce: What: [...]

Less than one week until Reading Series part deux

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Well, the second installment of Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids is less than a week away. My pal Tristan was nice enough to create a Facebook event for the night, so if you plan to attend, RSVP, si vous plait. Also, through an email from Neil at Mortified, I learned that our fledgling [...]

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids 2

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I’m really excited and happy to let you know that we’re doing Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids again. 8:00 PM on Monday, April 30, 2007 Upstairs at The Victory Cafe, 581 Markham Street, Toronto That means you have about three weeks to clean out your closet, or dust off that shoebox of work [...]