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Festivals For Kids THINGS TO DO 

Aug. 17–28: Get the Word on the Street — virtually

August 3, 2020August 11, 2020 Streeter staff authors, reading, Word on the Street

The Word On The Street’s Summer Spectacular is taking place in virtual form for kids and teenagers this summer.

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NEWS 

About that musical day in July

December 12, 2012 Town Crier staff column, Dave Bidini, Eric McMillan, reading, Writing Gordon Lightfoot

Dave Bidini recounts an era when Lightfoot, Dylan, Young and others could play and party together at Mariposa

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NEWS 

Story so intimate it’s real

July 23, 2012 Town Crier staff Aga Maksimowska, column, Eric McMillan, Giant, reading

Reviewer finds it hard not to see novel as autobiographical

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NEWS 

A truly ‘enchanting’ young adult read

June 13, 2012 Town Crier staff column, Eric McMillan, Michael Bedard, reading, The Green Man, Young Adult Fiction

No wizards or goblins in this literary coming-of-age tale

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Quick read satisfies

May 14, 2012 Town Crier staff Best Girl, column, Eric McMillan, reading, Sylvia Maultash Warsh, Young Adult Fiction

Sylvia Maultash Warsh’s latest outing quite a bit different from her previous work

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Author explores hockey’s dark side

April 20, 2012June 15, 2014 Ann Ruppenstein author, books, Gare Joyce, Journalist, reading, The Code

Local sports journalist turned novelist explores our favourite sport’s subculture in a popular new mystery

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Business 

Bookstore is a family affair

February 8, 2012March 22, 2019 Town Crier staff bookstore, Monserrat Mortimer, Pat Mortimer, Peter Newman, reading, The Pleasant Bookstore

After 30 years, owners still enjoy helping customers find books they’ve always wanted

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Examining public, private struggles

February 1, 2012 Town Crier staff column, Eric McMillan, Heather Jessup, reading, The Lightning Field

Earnest effort in The Lightning Field makes for a good read

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Libraries are important for readers of Ward 15 and city

October 12, 2011 Town Crier staff Eglinton-Lawrence, Josh Colle, libraries, reading, Ward 15

Oakwood Village, Maria A. Shchuka, The Barbara Frum — each are pillars of the diverse communities they serve, and I

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Detective duo turn to new class of thrills

August 31, 2011 Town Crier staff column, Eric McMillan, Grave Doubts, John Moss, reading, Reluctant Dead, Still Waters

Reluctant Dead, John Moss, Dundurn, paperback $11.99 It’s said everyone has one great book inside them. Sometimes I think this

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Memoirs of a spunky evacuee

August 31, 2011 Town Crier staff arts and entertainment, books, I'm Not going Back:, Kitty Wintrob, reading, Second World War

10-year-old kept returning to London under bombardment, author recounts 75 years later

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Hanlan’s Point writes new chapter on self-publishing

July 27, 2011June 15, 2014 Eric McMillan column, Eric McMillan, Hanlan's Point, reading, Self-Publishing

Jake Babad has taken the currently popular route of self-publishing several steps further than most writers.

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Last days of Flying Dragon

June 3, 2011December 22, 2018 Town Crier staff books, children's literature, Flying Dragon, reading

Bookshop reluctantly closes its doors after eight years

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Chatting about books

May 18, 2011 Town Crier staff book club, education, reading, Senator OConnor, Toronto Catholic District School Board

Senator O’Connor book club garners TCDSB award

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Business 

Happy to window shop

February 22, 2010 Town Crier staff bookstore, reading, writing

Picture this: you grab a good book, make a cup of tea, flop down in your favourite comfy chair and … wave to the folks staring at you from the sidewalk?

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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