Next month members and friends of Youth Poetry are gathering for a full day of free Master Classes and workshops with various established poets. Open to young Canadian poets aged 12 to 19; the meeting will take place in Toronto on Saturday, November 1st, 2008.

Although official registration closed October 22nd for poets visiting from out of town (with respect to sleeping arrangements), it is still possible to show up the day of the activity and partake in this friendly gathering, organized by members of www.youngpoets.ca/forum and supported in part by the League of Canadian Poets (www.poets.ca) and the Canada Council for the Arts. No costs are attached to any of the activities, except for meals with are left to the discretion of each participant.

CONFIRMED DAY VENUE: The Lillian H. Smith branch, Toronto Public Library
239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R5 Canada
Phone: 416-393-7753 Fax: 416-393-7635

Full Schedule after the jump.

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Shameless Magazine will be at Canzine in Toronto this Sunday selling magazines (including our fanatstic, brand new issue) and cut price subscriptions. Come by, say hi, and get a fantastic deal!

Photo by Kevin Steele

CANZINE
Canada’s Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture
Sunday, October 26, 2008
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin)
Toronto
1pm - 7pm

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Hotel Canzine is Canada’s Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture, located every year at The Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. And just in case the shift in weather was getiing you down, this year’s theme is “Comedy.”

Sunday, October 26th, 2008 1pm-7 pm
The Gladstone Hotel Downtown Toronto, 1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin)
$5 admission comes with a free copy of the Fall issue of Broken Pencil Magazine

Full schedule after the fold!

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Via Feministing.