This Week in Geekery May 20-27
And we say good bye to another long weekend (in Canada – Americans are looking forward to their Memorial Day weekend). But the geekery never stops! This is a literary week, and ends with Anime North and X-Men: Days of Future Past!
Tuesday May 20th
7pm Free Panel on “Selling Genre Fiction in a Splintering Publishing Market”
The Merril Collection (Lillian Smith Library 239 College Street –just east of Spadina)
Wanting to break into the genre market with your writing, learn the lay of the land from the experts.
More Info Here
Wednesday May 21st
Dancers and Dice -a perfect night!
7:30-10 Tassels and Tabletop 8: Dancing Dames and Dangerous Deeds $10
The Central – 603 Markham Street (near Bathurst and Bloor)
Watch burlesquers and then play board games, in a pub!
More Info Here
8pm Chizine Reading Series PWYC
Round 152a Augusta Avenue (in Kensington Market, just north of Dundas)
Four author will be reading and there’ll be two musical guests!
Find out more about the guests here
Thursday May 22nd
10pm Screening of Days of Future Past with Prizes!
Market Square Cinema – Front and Jarvis with Sam Maggs hosting.
Costume contest, licensed venue, many prizes donated by One Million Comix – and they’ll have books for sale on site!
More Info Here
Friday May 23-25th
Anime North
Join North America’s largest Anime convention – and don’t be surprised if you see most of your favourite characters being cosplayed!
More Info Here
Saturday May 24th/Sunday May 25th
Official Banner of Doors Open Toronto
Doors Open Toronto – it’s your pass to trespass (and often get a guided tour) of over 155 buildings and places in Toronto – over 80 have secrets of their own!
Find out all the details here
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday May 29th
7:30 Book Launch
The Dominion 500 Queen Street East (just west of the DVP)
Lesley Livingston is launching the final of her time travel triology, “Now and For Never” at the Dominion (500 Queen Street East) and she always puts on a show! Come buy the new release and get it signed by the author.
More Info Here
All the Nerdery!
8pm Nerd Nite Toronto – Season Finale $10
Talks on 3D printers, History of BodySnatchers,and a history of Godzilla.
Tranzac Club (near Bloor and Spadina)
More Info Here
Friday May 30th
Comic Book Launch
Silver Snail Yonge & Dundas – Celebrate the launch of the crowdsourced comic Pitiful the Human Lizard.
More Info Here
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