We’ve been talking about this for a long time but we decided to finally pull the trigger!
On Saturday, February 15 come on out to The Beguiling, then descend into the back issue basement for the first installment of The Beguiling’s BACK ISSUE BASEMENT KARAOKE!
Come on out and have a grand ol’ (early) evening as hosts MICHAEL DEFORGE and GINETTE LAPALME put in your requests and queue up the hits! And all the while, our back issue basement will be open and available to browse and buy from!
Things kick off around 7:00 and we’ll keep singing until 11pm! We can’t wait!

Save the Date Thursday, January 30th from 6-8pm for a special informal evening social for Library workers and Educators at the Beguiling! Finish off OLA by learning about the Beguiling Library Services, doing some graphic novel shopping for your school or library while perusing Little Island Comics (one of the only all-younger readers comic shops!), plus get more information on how to apply for the American Librarian Association Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grant for Libraries (valued at $7000 USD) — now open to Canadian Libraries and Schools! Applications close Feb 9th. Oh yeah — also, meet some fellow library folx and educators — and have some refreshments on the house!

ALA Graphic Novels & Comics Roundtable 

Instagram and Twitter: @libcomix

Website: http://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/

2020 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grant Application: http://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/eisner

2020 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grant Application:

http://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/eisner

Event Details:

• Thursday January 30, 2020 from 6:00-8:00pm at The Beguiling 319 College St, Toronto, ON M5T 1S2
• Agenda is open and designed to encourage people to stop in whenever they are able; please pop in to say hello, do some shopping, and meet some fellow library workers and educators.
• This event is open to ALL – attendees do not need an OLA badge to attend and bring friends and family from teaching, librarianship etc. is encouraged – no RSVP needed. Looking forward to seeing you!

Comic creator Kurt Ankeny is hitting the road this February in support of his recently released PLEADING WITH STARS from Adhouse, and it brings him to The Beguiling on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9th!

Kurt will be in-store reading from his book, talking and signing copies! It all kicks off at 6PM!

Can’t wait to see you here for The Beguiling’s first event of 2020!

The Beguiling is thrilled to welcome one of our favourite creators to the store for the launch of their first book!

On Friday, November 22 COLE PAULS will be in-store to celebrate the recent release of their debut book DAKWÄKÃDA WARRIORS!

Cole will be in-conversation with another one of our favourite creators, ERIC KOSTIUK WILLIAMS for what is sure to be an amazing conversation, followed by a signing!

It’s FREE to attend and kicks off in-store at 7PM on November 22! We can’t wait!

Learn some more about Cole over here at the CBC!!

Well HEY look at that!! On Wednesday, November 13th The Beguiling is pleased to welcome FOUR amazing Conundrum Press creators for a Conundrum Fall 2019 launch!

Joining us will be:

ALEXANDER FORBES, artist of THE CURSED HERMIT!

SHERWIN TJIA with his new book PLUMMET!

and HOWARD CHACKOWICZ with the brand-new NOTHING TO SEE HERE!

There will be a presentation from all the creators followed by a chance to get your copies of all their new books signed!

It all happens Wednesday, November 13th at 7PM in-store! See you there!

The Beguiling & Little Island Comics are beyond thrilled to welcome illustrator Anoosha Syed to the store to celebrate the release of her new children’s book written by QUEER EYE star Karamo Brown & his son Jason Brown, I AM PERFECTLY DESIGNED!

Anoosha will be in-store on Saturday, November 9th from 12-2PM for this kid-friendly launch!! There will be worksheets and activities for the kids as well as presentations, readings and a chance to get your very own copy of I AM PERFECTLY DESIGNED signged by Anoosha!

We can’t wait for this lovely afternoon!! We hope we see you there!

The great events just keep coming, and here’s a HUGE one!

On October 24th, creator LIANA FINCK will be here in-store for a launch event for her new book EXCUSE ME: CARTOONS, COMPLAINTS AND NOTES TO SELF from Random House! Liana will be in-conversation with writer IVY KNIGHT, followed by a chance to get your own copy of her new book signed!

It all starts at 7PM October 24th! It’s gonna be a big one, so get here early! We’ll see you then!

On Wednesday, October 16 at 7PM The Beguiling welcomes FRANK SANTORO to the store to lead his “Comics as Music” workshop and to celebrate two releases from New York Review Comics: PITTSBURGH and RETURN TO ROMANCE: THE STRANGE LOVE STORIES OF OGDEN WHTNEY, edited by Santoro and Dan Nadel!

Frank Santoro will lead a hands on workshop where he examines the connections between art and music. Santoro postulates that improvisation and orchestration across diverse disciplines are all connected by creative intuition and pattern language. He will also be promoting his new book “Pittsburgh” published by New York Review Comics.

Watch a video about the workshop!
https://vimeo.com/185973194

http://coldheatcomics.blogspot.com/2015/02/notes-for-comics-symposium.html?m=1

We’re super excited to have Frank bring his workshop to the store, and we know you are too! See you there!

On Wednesday, October 9th we welcome SABRINA SCOTT to the store to celebrate the opening of our gallery show of work from WITCHBODY and to mark the re-release of Witchbody earlier this year from Weiser books!

Sabrina will be in conversation with Kristen Sollée, followed by a chance to get your book signed!

Everything will kick off at 7PM with more details TBC so keep watching here or on our facebook for the deets!