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

TWB EVENTS

1. An evening with Author/Director/Critic/Psychotherapist Ione
2. Win a copy of “How to Rent a Negro” and meet the woman behind it
3. Join us for a reception/conversation with Vivane Namaste author of “Sex Change, Social Change”
4. Book Launch for “Against The New Authoritarianism: Politics After Abu Ghraib” by Henry A. Giroux

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

5. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
6. Shtiller at the art bar
7. Win a copy of Skim and check it out at the Groundswell Festival
8. Writing workshops in English and Espanol

TWB EVENTS

1

Join us for a reading/presentation by Author/Director/Critic/ Psychotherapist Ione.

MONDAY, AUGUST 22
6pm - 8pm at TWB

Ione will be reading from Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color. A memoir inspired by the 1868 diary of her great grandmother, Frances Anne Rollin, author of both the earliest known diary written by a black southern woman and the first full length biography by an African American.

Ione will also be speaking about her book Listening in Dreams: A Compendium of Sound Dreams, Meditations and Rituals for Deep Dreamers. A Journey through the fascinating world of sound related dreams, it contains a fine selection of dreams and ways of working with dreams that will be helpful to all those interested in phenomena of the night.

Ione is an Intuitive Psychotherapist, Author and Workshop Facilitator who has a special interest in creativity. She is a Certified Qi Qong Healer and Therapist who has been a student of Master TK Shih for 8 years. Ione has been a frequent contributor to The Village Voice, Ms., Essence, and numerous other publications.

For more information please visit www.deeplistening.org or you may contact Ione directly at iodreams@deeplistening.org

All are welcome. Wheelchair Accessible. Free.
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2
A Book Launch & Performance for:
“How to Rent a Negro”
by damali ayo

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26
7pm - 9pm at TWB
Food & Refreshments will be provided!
Cameras are encouraged!

Join us for the launch of this highly satirical book dealing with issues around race and representation of the African-American Community.

damali ayo was born and raised in Washington , D.C. in 1972. She graduated from Brown University in 1994 concentrating on American civilization and public policy/American Institutions. Her art began to emerge after working in diversity theatre workshops with prison inmates in the mid-1990's. ayo then began using conceptual art to explore race relations and modern forms of colonialism.

For more information visit www.rent-a-negro.com All are welcome. Wheelchair Accessible. Free

** Win a copy of “How to Rent a Negro”. Be the fifth correct email response to the following query: Name a book that is 25% off for the month of August. Contest closes Friday August 19 at 5pm. One entry per email address, one entry per person. Winner will be contacted by email.

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3 Join us for an evening reception/conversation with Viviane Namaste as she launches her second awaited book “Sex Change, Social Change: Reflections on Identity, Institutions, and Imperialism”.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8
6:30pm - 8:30pm at TWB
Food and refreshments provided.

Through different case studies relating to the law, human rights, health care and prostitution, “Sex Change, Social Change” exposes readers to the complexity of the issues involved in thinking about transsexual politics in relation to feminism.

Dr. Viviane Namaste is Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, at Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University . She is also the author of Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People.

All welcome. Wheelchair Accessible. Free Admission.

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4

Upcoming Book Launch for “Against The New Authoritarianism: Politics After Abu Ghraib”. by Henry A. Giroux
Co-sponsored by Arbeiter Ring Publishing.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30
From 7pm - 9pm at TWB
Food and refreshments provided.

In his latest book, Henry Giroux traces the U.S. descent into authoritarianism: the rise of a ruthless market fundamentalism, the growing militarization of everyday life, the corporate control of all elements of the dominant media, and an educational fundamentalism aimed at destroying any vestige of critical education as a foundation for an engaged citizenry and a vibrant democracy. Giroux examines the tragic events at Abu Ghraib and analyzes the conditions that made them possible, all the while trying to understand the role that education plays in creating violations of human rights that one largely attributes to authoritarian regimes. He describes the need for progressives to develop a language of hope as a condition forcritically engaged politics and the emergence of new social formations.

Henry A. Giroux is Global Television Network Chair in Communications at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has written more than 300 articles and 40 books, has collaborated with Paulo Freire, Roger Simon, and Stanley Aronowitz, among others.

All welcome. Wheelchair Accessible. Free Admission.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

5

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
The Men's March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault and Gender Violence

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
Dufferin Grove Park
875 Dufferin Street
Sign in: 11am

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is a fun opportunity for men to educate the community about a very serious issue and to rally the community to take action to prevent sexual violence. Join the march and make a difference.

* SHOES NEEDED! All shoes brought to the event will be donated to a local women's shelter.

For more information visit www.walkamileinhershoes.org
Register online at www.opheliaslove.org
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Shtiller
Silent film in the yiddish tradition accompanied by experimental klezmer

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
the art bar
1214 Queen St. West
Doors open at 7:30, Show at 8pm
Cover: $8

Hosted by Reena Katz on violin, laptop and treated microphone

This month's programme: der Golem, directed by Paul Wegener (1920)
Also featuring Al-Bassa, Palestine on super8 film stock by Vicky Moufawad-Paul

For more information visit www.gladstonehotel.com
Or email radiodress@sympatico.ca

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7

Groundswell Festival of New Works by Women Presents…
Skim
by Mariko Tamaki
directed by Kelly Thornton with Julie Tamiko Manning

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25
Tapestry/Nightwood New Work Studio
The Cannery Building , Studio 315
55 Mill Street in the Distillery District
Admission PWYC
8:30 pm

"Skim Takota is many different things. To her mother she's a klutz. To her best friend, she's a freak (more and more every day). To the popular girls at school, she's a nobody. And considering all the stuff that's going on in school - teen suicide and melodrama - maybe that's not surprising. Then there's Miss Archer, who sees Skim in the shadows, liberally applying too much eye makeup, full of possibility. This is the diary of Skim Takota."

For more information visit www.nightwoodtheatre.net

** Win a copy of Skim by Mariko Tamaki. Be the third correct email response to the following query: What book has damali ayo written and when will she be at TWB. Contest closes Friday August 19 at 5pm. One entry per email address, one entry per person. Winner will be contacted by email.

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8

The Salvador Allende Arts Festival for Peace presents… El Festival de Artes Salvador Allende por la Paz presenta…

Creative Writing Workshop (English)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
With Instructor Lillian Allen
Taller de Escritura Creativa (Castellano), énfasis en hibridaciones
DOMINGO 4 de SEPTIEMBRE
Con Instructora Clelia Rodriguez

Workshops will take place at / Los talleres tendran lugar en Tinto Coffee House
89 Roncesvalles

Registration limited to 15 people. Each workshop is $10, pay at the door.
Cupo máximo 15 personas. Valor $10, cancele en la puerta.

To register / Para registrarse: www.allendefestival.com
Via email: allende.literary@gmail.com
Or call / O llame al (647)998-2717 (Diana o Alvaro)

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73 Harbord Street
Toronto , Ontario M5S 1G4
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