INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair is Canada’s book exposition for all things print and digital. This year’s instalment takes place November 13- 16, 2014 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The listing below highlights all of the events happening at the Penguin Random House Canada Indigo Booth, Booth #702 and 800 over the weekend.
Books will be for sale. We do not have any signing/book restrictions at our booth unless otherwise noted below
We look forward to seeing you there!
Visit www.torontobookfair.ca for more information and to purchase tickets.
Friday, November 14
10:00 a.m. Children’s activities featuring Junie B. Jones activity sheets and Edie’s Ensembles paper dolls
11:00 a.m. Kelley Armstrong signing copies of her best-selling novels Sea of Shadows and Omens
11:30 a.m. Story time with Gillian Deacon
12:30 p.m. Story time with Kyo Maclear reading Julia, Child
1:00 p.m. Kit Pearson signing copies of Penguin Canada’s Puffin Classics series
1:00 p.m. Children’s activities featuring Llama Llama
2:00 p.m. Roch Carrier signing copies of his iconic book The Hockey Sweater
2:00 p.m. Story time with Meg Tilly reading The Snowy Day
3:00 p.m. Kristine Barnett signing copies of her bestselling book The Spark
3:00 p.m. Knitting Session with Debbie Macomber (for contest winners only)
3:00 p.m. Dr. Seuss Hour with Cat in the Hat and activity kits for The Lorax, Oh the Places You’ll Go
4:00 p.m. Debbie Macomber signing copies of her latest books
4:00 p.m. Lainey Gossip Bookclub – Elaine Lui shares her Book Picks for the season
5:00 p.m. Robyn Doolittle signing copies of her bestselling book Crazy Town
5:00 p.m. Children’s activities featuring Secret Life of Squirrels
6:00 p.m. Anne Rice signing copies of her latest book Prince Lestat
Anne Rice will be able to sign a maximum of 3 items per person, one of which must be Prince Lestat. She will be able to personalize only one item and will not be available for posed photos.
Saturday, November 15
10:00 a.m. Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Sean Michaels signing copies of his winning book Us Conductors
10:00 a.m. Children’s activities featuring Maisy Mouse activity kit
11:00 a.m. Eric Walters signing copies of his latest books Rule of Three and Walking Home
11:00 a.m. Sample delicious recipe from Angela Liddon’s Oh She Glows
11:00 a.m. Meet the Characters, including Spot and The Berenstain Bears
1:00 p.m. Join Claire Cameron for a Book Club discussion of The Bear and her “survival” Book Club picks.
1:00 p.m. Dr. Seuss Hour with Cat in the Hat and activity kits for The Lorax, Oh the Places You’ll Go
2:00 p.m. Astronaut Chris Hadfield signing copies of his new bestseller You Are Here
2:00 p.m. Sample delicious recipe from Ina Garten’s newest cookbook Make It Ahead
3:00 p.m. Children’s activities feature Tundra’s Nancy Knows Memory Cards
4:00 p.m. Celebrate Margaret Atwood’s 75th Birthday with a birthday cake!
Sylvia Day will personalize a maximum of two copies, and autograph any additional copies.
Sunday, November 16
11:00 a.m. Elaine Lui signing copies of her book Listen to the Squawking Chicken
11:00 a.m. Sample delicious recipe from Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty More
11:00 a.m. Jon Klassen activity kits for his bestselling books I Want My Hat Back and This Is Not My Hat
12:00 p.m. Tosca Reno signing copies of her latest book The Start Here Diet
12:00 p.m. Cybele Young reading from Nancy Knows
1:00 p.m. Meet the Characters and Frozen activities
2:00 p.m. Sample delicious recipe from Michael Smith’s latest cookbook Family Meals
2:00 p.m. Dr. Seuss Hour with Cat in the Hat and activity kits for The Lorax, Oh the Places You’ll Go
4:30 p.m. Anthony De Sa signing copies of his latest book Kicking the Sky