The fabulous Julie Wilson, of Toronto’s Seen Reading Blog fame, has featured Shameless Magazine, Issue 11 as her latest entry!

For more on Julie WIlson and the Seen Reading Blog, click here.

Been writing for a while and serious about your poetry? Close to finishing a book length manuscript? Then check this out:

Starting today The Friends of the Toronto Public Library are hosting their annual used book sale. Pre-owned books in numerous categories are going for fifty cents or three for a dollar.

The sale will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Beeton Auditorium of the Toronto Reference Library (780 Yonge Street).

Photo by Mermaniac, from the Creative Commons flickr pool.

Young Writers From The Malvern Edge
Fresh new writing from the hip!

Get in on the ground floor! Listen to brand new writing from young writers you’ll be sure to hear from again in the future. Fresh, honest, and raw – writing doesn’t get any more immediate than this.

For three weeks, a dedicated group of students at Lester B. Pearson Collegiate have been working on their writing with professional mentors. Now, the fruits of their labour can be enjoyed by everyone on Tuesday, March 18th at 6 pm. Diaspora Dialogues and the Toronto Public Library – Malvern Branch are honoured to present Young Writers From the Malvern Edge.

“Over and over again, we’re blown away by the enthusiasm and energy of young writers,” says Diaspora Dialogues president Helen Walsh. “They show tremendous courage in getting up there and putting a piece of themselves out for us to share. These kinds of readings are always exciting and moving.”(more inside…)

Are you 16-24 years old? Do you keep a blog? Constantly update your
Facebook page? Write super-long e-mails? Make up stories and poems in
your head? Why not join the…

Parkdale Street Writers
a boot camp for young dreamers

Ten weeks of free writing workshops led by kick-ass local authors,
cartoonists, hip hop poets, and street artists! You don’t have to be a
great writer. Just be prepared to have fun!

* Write about real life * Produce song lyrics and poems * Create
your own comics * Interview people * Find and make art * Publish
your work * Get advice from professionals * Select other kinds of
writing for us to do(more inside…)

Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Click here to find out how you can celebrate Freedom to Read week.

Shameless Magazine is putting together an anthology for publication in Spring 2009 and we’re currently looking for submissions! Check out the call below!

Call for Submissions: A Shameless Anthology

Co-editors Megan Griffith-Greene and Stacey May Fowles are seeking submissions for an anthology for teen girls to be published by Tightrope Books in Spring 2009.

The anthology will include creative non-fiction essays by women and trans-identified adults about their formative experiences as teens, and is primarily intended for a youth audience. Specifically, we’re looking for submissions about how teen experiences (positive and negative) shaped our writers’ lives and made them the people they are today.

This project is affiliated with Shameless magazine and is based on the magazine’s signature mix of smart, sassy, honest and inclusive writing. In keeping with the mandate of Shameless, we want to reach out to young female readers who are often ignored by mainstream media: freethinkers, queer youth, young women of colour, punk rockers, feminists, intellectuals, artists, and activists. We hope this book will open up a real dialogue about growing up female, creating a book that is pro-choice, queer-positive, sex-positive, girl-positive.

(Unsure of what we want? We suggest you pick up a back issue of the magazine.)

Your contribution can be personal, educational or political; it can be fuelled by humour, rage or sadness; but make sure what you write is honest, accessible and meaningful to teen girls, does not patronize or preach, and is in keeping with Shameless magazine’s mandate.(more inside…)

Just a reminder that our very own Thea Lim will be reading at Toronto’s famed IV Lounge tonight!

Here are the details…

Friday, January 11th @ 8 PM
Thea Lim (The Same Woman, novel)
The IV Lounge at 326 Dundas St (across from the AGO,) Toronto

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape

Co-editors Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti are seeking submissions for their anthology on sex, rape and power, Yes Means Yes!, to be published by Seal Press in Fall 2008.

Imagine a world where women enjoy sex on their own terms and aren’t shamed for it. Imagine a world where men treat their sexual partners as collaborators, not conquests. Imagine a world where rape is rare and swiftly punished.

Welcome to the world of Yes Means Yes.(more inside…)