The Beguiling Books & Art is happy to support the graphic novel programming at the 2014 Pages Festival + Conference, a new literary conference in the city of Toronto. The Festival will be held this week, March 13th-15th, at the Tranzac and Randolph Academy.
There will be a plethora of interesting talks, readings, and presentations at the event, including two graphic novel presentations! Here’s one:
An Evening with Seth and Friends: the Art of the Graphic Novel
With Seth, Fiona Smyth and Michael DeForge, hosted by Jeet Heer.
Sat. March 15, 9 pm, Festival Event, Randolph Theatre
http://www.pagesfestival.com/program.html#Seth_and_Friends
Jeet Heer, hosts a special evening on the graphic novel with Seth, Fiona Smyth and Michael DeForge presenting their work on screen, followed by a lively conversation.
Tickets for this and all events can be purchased online at Eventbrite.
However, if you’re feeling lucky and you want to try your hand at winning one of 5 double-passes to the Saturday night event, keep reading…!
CONTEST:
To Enter to win a double pass to see The Art of the Graphic Novel: An Evening with Seth and Friends:
All you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-right corner of this page!), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “GRAPHICPAGES” to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Friday, March 14th, at 11:00am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners by noon on that day.
RULES & REGULATIONS:
- Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “GRAPHICPAGES”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
- Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of https://www.beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
- Entries must be received before Friday, March 14th, at 11:00am.
- Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
- One entry per person/phone number.
- No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.
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For more information on all of the graphic novel and art-related events at The Pages Festival + Conference UNBOUND, click ‘Continue Reading’!
Pages Festival + Conference, Unbound
Books + Screens + Music + Art +Talk
A Literary Festival for the 21st Century
7 Festival Events and 1 Day-long Conference
http://www.pagesfestival.com
Festival Events:
March 13–15, Randolph Theatre, 736 Bathurst St.
Conference Keynote and Panels:
Friday, March 14, 9am to 6:30 pm, Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave.
Graphic Novel Events
An Evening with Seth and Friends: the Art of the Graphic Novel
With Seth, Fiona Smyth and Michael DeForge, hosted by Jeet Heer.
Sat. March 15, 9 pm, Festival Event, Randolph Theatre
http://www.pagesfestival.com/program.html#Seth_and_Friends
Jeet Heer, hosts a special evening on the graphic novel with Seth, Fiona Smyth and Michael DeForge presenting their work on screen, followed by a lively conversation.
The Future of the Graphic Novel
Ramona Pringle, John Martz, Ethan Rilly and moderator Jeet Heer.
Friday, March 14th, 3:30 pm, Tranzac Club Southern Cross Lounge
http://www.pagesfestival.com/conference.html#The_Future_of_Graphic_Novel
The graphic novel is being reinvented in the digital age. Web-publishing has given young cartoonists access to a far larger audience than ever before, with images easily linkable on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook sometimes getting tens of millions of viewers.
Art Related Events
Artists & the Book: a crazy love affair.
Derek Sullivan, Jo–Anne McArthur, Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge.
Friday, March 14th, 9 pm, Randolph Theatre
http://www.pagesfestival.com/program.html#Artists_and_the_Book
Highly acclaimed visual artists who love the creative interaction and validation provided by a book. Each will present their work on screens and discuss the power of the book.
The Many Tales of Susanna Moodie
With Charles Pachter, Willow Dawson, Conor Holler, Alex Mayhew and host Susan G. Cole.
Sat. March 15, 7 pm, Festival Event, Randolph Theatre
http://www.pagesfestival.com/program.html#Tales_of_Susanna_Moody
The matriarch of Canadian literature, Susanna Moodie’s life and work has inspired such notable writers as Carol Shields and Margaret Atwood. In a stunning multi-media presentation, artist Charles Pachter, the poetry of Margaret Atwood, the prose of Carol Shields, the graphic novel prowess of Willow Dawson and the digital creativity of Xenophile Media’s Alex Mayhew and Conor Holler are presented on stage.
The Future of Self-publishing
With Hal Niedzviecki, Nathan Maharaj, Caitlin O’Hara, Ashleigh Gardner, Deborah Barnett, Bob Kasher and moderator Robert K. Logan.
Friday, March 14th, 3:30 pm, Tranzac Club Main Hall
http://www.pagesfestival.com/conference.html#The_Future_of_Self-publishing
