Toronto Women's Bookstore
http://www.womensbookstore.com
416-922-8744

TWB ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. "Quien es mas macho? The Abu Ghraib Photos" presentation with Susan Willis @ TWB Tuesday, January 18
2. Win a FREE copy of Dionne Brand’s new book or FREE tickets to her booklaunch!
3. Lesbianas Latinoamericanas @ TWB Saturday, January 29
4. Jane Sapp, Storyteller and Songwriter, Saturday, February 5
5. Courses: There are still spots in our February courses: Money 101 for Women (4 weeks) and My Funny Valentine (2 weeks). Win a FREE spot in our Valentine course

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
6. Lal on Tour and Website Launch!

TWB ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. The Toronto Women's Bookstore, the Centre for Media and Culture in Education (OISE/UT), and Cinema Studies (University of Toronto) proudly present
Quien es mas macho? The Abu Ghraib Photos
A Presentation by Susan Willis
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 @ 6pm
Toronto Women's Bookstore
73 Harbord Street (at Spadina)
Free event, wheelchair accessible

The photos taken at the Iraqi prison Abu Ghraib, conflate and render visible two of America's grubby secrets: lynching and pornography. In talking about Abu Ghraib, Susan Willis considers the history of the Klu Klux Klan and its relationship to current US foreign policy.

2. Dionne Brand has a new novel! "What We All Long For"(Knopf) .
It's a beautiful tribute to Toronto the city and to friendship, art and love. Dionne Brand is having her Toronto booklaunch on: Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen St. W.
Doors 8pm
Opening performances by Maewon, Stephan Kim and Six Shoota 8:30pm
Reading by Dionne 9pm
Win one of FOUR copies of Dionne Brand’s new novel “What We All Long For” or one of two pairs of tickets to Dionne Brand’s booklaunch! The two pairs of tickets will be given to the 3rd and 8th correct responses, and the books will go to the 11th, 14th, 20th and 26th correct responses to the following question: What is the name of another book that Dionne Brand has written? Please indicate in the subject header that you are entering the Dionne contest. Only one response per email address, please. Contest closes Thursday January 20 at noon. Winners will be notified by email.

3. An evening with Juanita Ramos, editor of Compañeras: Latina Lesbians and Tatiana de la Tierra, author of chapbooks Porcupine Love & Other Tales from my Papaya and Píntame una mujer peligrosa/Paint Me a Dangerous Woman.
SATURDAY JANUARY 29, 2005 6 p.m.
Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord St.
Free event, wheelchair accessible, all are welcome to attend
Compañeras: Latina Lesbians, edited by Juanita Ramos, is a collection in Spanish and English of poems, oral histories, interviews, letters, short stories, essays, and art by 63 Latina lesbians.
De la Tierra’s chapbook Porcupine Love and Other Tales from my Papaya (Chibcha Press, 2003) is a bilingual collection of prose and creative non-fiction. Píntame una mujer peligrosa (Chibcha Press, 2004) is a collection of life-positive and sex-positive poetry in Spanish.

4. On Saturday, February 5th, 2005, the Toronto Women’s Bookstore and the Common Thread Community Chorus are extremely pleased to co-host two events with JANE SAPP: an afternoon song-leading workshop and an evening performance & talk.
Song-Leading Workshop Saturday, February 5th, 1 - 4 pm, @ Cecil Street Community Centre, 58 Cecil Street
$15 registration, $10 students, $5 unwaged Call Toronto Women's Bookstore at 416 922-8744 to register.
And, later the same day in the early evening:
We’ve All Got Stories to Tell Performance & Talk with Jane Sapp, Pueblo Unido and others
Saturday, February 5th, 6 - 8 pm @ Cecil Street Community Centre, 58 Cecil Street
Pay what you can, children welcome.
Both events are wheelchair accessible and are held at the Cecil St. Community Centre.

5. There are still spots available in these February Courses @ TWB:
Monday nights in February: Money 101 for Women with Amanda Mills (Four-week course)
Mon Feb 7, 14, 21 and 28 Fee: $52 (No Refunds)
Two Tuesdays in February: My Funny Valentine with Siobhan Conway-Hicks
Tues Feb 8 and Tues Feb 15 Fee: $25 (No Refunds)
Courses are held at Toronto Women’s Bookstore at the back of the store on the main floor. Wheelchair accessible. Some subsidized spots are available. For full course descriptions please visit our website www.womensbookstore.com Win a FREE spot in the “My Funny Valentine” course if you are the 10th correct response to this question: What year was the Toronto Women’s Bookstore founded? Please indicate that you want to win a free spot in the Valentine course. One entry per email address. Winner will be notified by email. Contest closes on Thurs January 20 at noon.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
6. Lal - Tour & Website Launch!
LAL will be heading out on their first national tour across Canada! To launch the tour and their new web-site, LAL will be showcasing their new 4 piece live band. Check out the new website and tour dates at: www.lalforest.com
Wednesday, January 19
LAL Tour / Website Launch
Drake 1150 Queen W
Doors open at 9pm
Special guests: DJ Nikki Red, Stop!Die!Resusitate!, Mr. Roam
LAL on at 11:15 pm