Those of you who know me & my blog’s Paris Month in April will know how obsessed with macarons I am. (And how one of my biggest pet peeves are the people who confuse macarons and macaroons!) Tying in with Macaron Day in other major cities worldwide like Paris and NYC, Toronto is participating as [...]
Recap: Random House of Canada’s Blogger Lovefest 2.0
The day after the big “Snowmageddon”, a bunch of us bloggers headed into the city to attend Random House of Canada‘s second annual blogger lovefest (aka #RHCBloggerLove 2.0!) Andrea (Cozy Up With a Good Read) and I met on the train and soon met up with Christa (More Than Magic) and bumped into Jenn (Lost [...]
Recap: Morgan Rhodes & Adrienne Kress at Penguin Canada
On a cold and soon-to-be-snowy Thursday evening in January, I had the pleasure of attending the first Penguin Blogger event with Adrienne Kress, author of The Friday Society, and Falling Kingdoms‘ author Morgan Rhodes at the Penguin office. Upon arriving, we were greeted with an already buzzing conference room with beautiful cupcakes along the back [...]
Contest & Event: Bringing YA to You!
Have you ever wished that a big YA book tour would make a stop in your hometown? Well, here’s your chance for that wish to come true! YA2U is a program that features five award-winning and best-selling authors who are holding a contest to see what city they should visit in an exclusive tour stop! The authors [...]
Recap: TSAR Publications Fall Book Launch Party
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending the fall book launch party for TSAR Publications at the Gladstone Hotel. Located in the artsy Queen West neighbourhood of Toronto that I love, the Gladstone was a cozy venue for this fantastic event. I arrived a bit early so I had a chance to sit and chat [...]
Recap: Giller Light Bash
The Scotiabank Giller Light Bash was this past Tuesday and I was thrilled to attend for the first time. Bringing my boyfriend along to have a nice bookish date night, we spent the evening sampling the sights & sounds, eats & drinks with such great company. It was nice to see so many bookish people [...]
Recap: The Magic of Saida book launch party
About a month ago, I received an invitation from Doubleday Canada/Random House to attend the book launch party of M.G. Vassanji’s The Magic of Saida (pronounced sigh-ee-dah). After meeting up with Andrea (Cozy Up With a Good Read) first, we headed up to the beautiful Arcadian Loft in downtown Toronto. Being always the punctual ones, we [...]
Recap: Toronto Word on the Street 2012
While last year‘s Word on the Street was a scorcher of a day, this year had book lovers shivering in the wind and intermittent rain. Jenn (Lost in a Great Book), Chandra (@sakuralovestea), Wendy & I had brunch first (to discuss Anna Dressed in Blood, for our readalong wrap-up!) before heading out to Queen’s Park [...]
