Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Thanks to the wonderfully talented Morgan Charles, GRTTWaK is heading to Montreal. In addition to reading, you’re invited to bring art to hang on the walls. Here are the details:

When: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 7:00pm
Where: Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard West, Montreal, QC
What: It is finally happening. “Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids” [...]

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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids got a nice mention in the Toronto Star today, thanks to Corey Mintz.
If you’d like to know when the next Toronto event will be held, email me to get on the mailing list.
And while you’re here, check out the GRTTWaK podcast.

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GRTTWaK reader Daniel Shapiro has decided to start an open-mic series of his own, and I agreed to let him pimp it here. The series is called Awkward Show & Tell, and the first event has the theme, “Things My Ex Gave Me.”
Sounds like a great time. From Daniel:

You know that old box of weird [...]

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Thanks June!

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I’m happy to report that Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids 5 is coming up very, very soon. Here are the details:

What: An open-mic night of juvenilia
When: Monday, July 14, 2008. Doors at 8:00pm.
Where: The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
Cost: Free

There is a Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16319095671
Also…
This is an open-mic event, and [...]

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a few months ago the dirty 30 started to change from a distant idea of me being an ‘adult’ into an anxiety-inducing reality of not being anywhere i though i’d be by now.  i was in the midst of such a panic attack when i first heard dan on CBC’s Go.  the idea of revisiting [...]

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Sarah made this sweet, sweet poster for Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids in Ottawa this June 2:

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This Wednesday, May 28, at the Gladstone Hotel, Pasha Malla will launch his collection of short stories called The Withdrawl Method. As part of the launch, Pasha plans to read some of his early creative works in an attempt to chart the life of a writer. Pasha has also invited a few GRTTWaK regulars to [...]

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I’m terribly excited to announce that Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids is expanding beyond Toronto.
The lovely and talented Sarah Feldberg has arranged for a live reading event in Ottawa:
When: Monday, June 2, 2008 from 8:00 - 9:30
Where: Velvet Room, 62 York Street (in the market, above Fat Tuesdays)
Cost: Free
Arrive early to get a [...]

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Once again this morning, the CBC Radio One show GO! featured Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids. If you’re here because you heard about the event on the radio, welcome!
If you’d like to subscribe to the totally free, twice-weekly podcast, go to the Podcast page.
If you’d like to be notified of upcoming events, send [...]

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