The Word on the Street

Yesterday The Word on the Street - National Book and Magazine Festival happened at Queen's Park. It was a beautiful sunny and warm day. The park was filled with children, families, singles,couples who crowded the tents. The trees are beginning to drop their leaves and people were sitting on benches under large colourful umbrellas. Some of the outstanding tents I went to were: The Toronto Public Library where I signed their Project Rescue to save libraries in Toronto from the City's proposed budget cuts. The Remarkable Reads tent; Toronto Book Awards Tent; Great Books Marquee. Book Club in a Box - Discussion  "Guides to get your book club buzzing". Wiley's "Dummies 20th Anniversary Tent". I also visited the tents where the authors were reading from their books - these tents were so crowded I didn't get to hear the readings but did stand on the edges just to watch. A great experience and lots of fun. We ended up in Yorkville and had what may be our last ice cream of the summer sitting on a bench watching the world go by. FOR PHOTOS SEE SLIDE SHOW ON LEFT OF SCREEN. (Enlarging the slide show photos will take you to Picasa - to return to Blog, click the lefthand arrow in the upper lefthand of the website browser).