Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

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
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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.
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No worries.
According to my sources, the episode of CBC Radio’s GO featuring GRTTWaK will be re-aired on Saturday, March 29, 2008. Check their website for full broadcast information.

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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 I’ll put [...]

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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 here’s a [...]

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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’re wondering about the next event, it’s on March 10, 2008.
If you’d like to be notified of upcoming events, send me an email and I’ll add [...]

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I’m really happy to announce the date for the next GRTTWaK night of juvenilia.
It’s Monday, March 10, 2008.
This time, we have a new venue: the fabulous Gladstone Ballroom. It’s a bit sad to leave the Victory, but I hope this new room will give us enough… room.
If you’re on the Facebook, here’s the event.
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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, and Here [...]

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At the first two Grownups… nights at the Victory, everyone had to go downstairs to the bar for drinks. But I’m happy to say that for the third installment, the beautiful new bar upstairs will be open.
So come have a drink on November 19th.

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Yes, it’s true.
Just in time for autumn, another evening of sad and funny diary entries, book reports, and other juvenilia. If you missed the first two events, come find out what you’ve been missing.
What: Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids 3
When: Monday, November 19, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Where: The Victory Cafe, 581 Markham [...]

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