THE WORD ON THE STREET FESTIVAL is coming up this Sunday, September 24.

Celebrate the joy of reading at The Word On The Street Book & Magazine Fair.
Vancouver, Calgary, Kitchener, Toronto and Halifax
Check out the website for details in your city.

If you’re in Vancouver, there are a couple of highlights below:

CALLING ALL SERIOUS HOCKEY FANS
Canucks Legends: Vancouver Hockey Heroes chronicles the team’s first four decades through 75 player profiles and more than 300 photos. This book (retailing for $50) won’t hit bookstores until November, and we’re offering a one-time opportunity to get one of only 25 special advance copies, featuring a bookplate signed by Trevor Linden! These books will be sold by donation with all proceeds going to the Canucks Family Education Centre. What’s more, Raincoast Books has pledged to match all donations.

WRITING TALKS presented by TheTyee Books.ca
Meet me at the festival: At 12:15 I’m part of a panel discussion on Writing and the Web, Tyee Books website editor Charles Campbell will moderate a panel featuring Steve Zio, author of Hot Springs: A iNovel; SFU Master of Publishing Progam’s technology specialist John Maxwell; Raincoast Books’ Internet marketing manager Monique Trottier; and Crawford Kilian, Capilano College teacher, blogger and author of Writing for the Web. Presented by The Tyee.

THE WORD UNDER THE STREET presented by Mint Records
Enter the annual Comics Contest, meet Nardwuar the Human Serviette, take an art class with Robin Thompson and a hear a session with the widely acclaimed comics-journalist Joe Sacco (distributed by Raincoast). And of course, peruse dozens of great local comix on display for sale.

For more event highlights visit The Word on the Street website.

THE WORD ON THE STREET
One Day Only
11am to 6pm
Sunday September 24, 2006 at Library Square Vancouver
As well as locations in Calgary, Kitchener, Toronto and Halifax
thewordonthestreet.ca

Admission: FREE!