Liberté | Freedom
On my school notebooks
On my desk and on the trees
On the sands of snow
I write your name
Liberté | Freedom
On my school notebooks
On my desk and on the trees
On the sands of snow
I write your name
Returning to The Theatre Centre in Toronto, Shakespeare BASH’d is shifting gears from one of the most well-known Shakespeare plays to one of the least known or performed.
The Two Noble Kinsmen, a collaboration between playwrights Shakespeare and John Fletcher, explores many of the same themes we expect, including love, honour, and duty. But in this quirky play, those familiar topics are shown to us from new and unfamiliar perspectives, challenging expected ideas of gender, sexuality, romance, and ceremony.
READ MOREDo Not Love Half Lovers
By Kahlil Gibran
Do not love half lovers
Do not entertain half friends
Do not indulge in works of the half talented
Do not live half a life and do not die a half death
JAYU Canada has announced its 12th annual Human Rights Film Festival+ 2023 (HRFF+). This year, HRFF+ will present 4 feature length documentaries and 4 short films.
HRFF+ is an initiative of JAYU, a charity that shares human rights stories through the arts. The Human Rights Film Festival is committed to values of inclusivity and accessibility for all guests, staff, volunteers and artists.
READ MOREColin Boyd Shafer is a Canadian documentary photographer and social sciences educator. I came to know Colin and his work through his previous projects, INTERLOVE which tells interfaith love stories in Ontario, and Cosmopolis Toronto, a project that features someone from every country of the world who now calls Toronto home.
His latest project, the hardcover book Finding American: Stories of Immigration from the 50 States has just been released by Figure 1 Publishing Inc.
READ MOREThe Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) continues at Harbourfront Centre this week. This year’s Festival invites children and youth of all ages to TIFA Kids, with a vibrant programme the entire family can enjoy for free!
Here I highlight a couple of events along with the authors and artists bringing us superheroes, graphic novels, whimsical adventures and spooky stories. At TIFA Kids you can also enjoy arts & crafts, sing-alongs and baking activities. There are plenty of fun activities for all age groups.
READ MOREFrom September 21 to October 1, the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) will welcome story creators from over 20 countries and across the GTA to engage, excite and entertain audiences of book lovers of all groups.
TIFA provides us a chance to hear from and meet some of our favourite authors. One of my faves happens to be Vincent Lam, who will be part of three events at the festival.
READ MOREThe Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) has announced the guest lineup and programming for the second annual MOTIVE, Canada’s largest crime and mystery writing festival. Bibliophiles can come together to enjoy over 40 in-person events at Harbourfront Centre and three free virtual offerings.
READ MOREToronto-based writer and filmmaker, Ann Shin, released her first fiction novel The Last Exiles earlier this Spring.
The novel is about a young North Korean couple whose love is put to the ultimate test when they are forced to flee their country. It is a story about love, family and the price of freedom as Suja and Jin end up deep in the heart of the Chinese underground. As they get separated, Suja’s true mettle shines through in her heroic fight for freedom.
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