Toronto Women's Bookstore
http://www.womensbookstore.com
416-922-8744

1. Reception for “The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence”
2. In Love: Lesbian Romantic Fiction
3. Win a free copy of Jeanette Winterson’s new book!
4. 10% Venture Day this Friday, March 18, 2005

UPDATES ON RECENT HAPPENINGS
5. Vigil at Pearson Airport for Queen Nzinga/Wendy Maxwell
6. Bell Sympatico Ad has been pulled

1. Toronto Women’s Bookstore and Cambridge University Press Present a Reception Celebration for Beverley Baines’ and Ruth Rubio-Marin’s book “The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence” (Cambridge University Press).
Thursday, March 17 7pm
Toronto Women’s Bookstore
73 Harbord St.

Free, All are welcome to attend, wheelchair accessible. Light refreshments will be provided

2. Toronto Women’s Bookstore is pleased to present an evening with two lesbian romantic fiction writers, Jessica Casavant and Radclyffe, reading from their newest novels.
FRIDAY APRIL 1, 2005 7pm
Toronto Women’s Bookstore
73 Harbord St. (south of Bloor, west of Spadina)
Free, wheelchair accessible, all are welcome to attend.

Jessica Casavant’s new novel is “Imperfect Past”, the third in the Boston Friends’ series. Radclyffe’s new novel is “Distant Shores, Silent Thunder”, the third installment in the Provincetown series.

3. Book Giveaway! Win a copy of Jeanette Winterson’s new book “Lighthousekeeping”
Toronto Women’s Bookstore is very pleased to be organizing Jeanette’s only Canadian stop on her book tour in April 2005. MONDAY April 11 7pm Church of the Holy Trinity 10 Trinity Sq. (west of the Eaton Centre, south of Dundas) Tickets $5 to $12 sliding scale. No refunds. Call to reserve your ticket today! 416.922.8744

Wheelchair accessible. All are welcome.

To win one of FIVE free copies of “Lighthousekeeping”, be the 6th, 14th, 20th, 26th or 33rd correct email response to the following query: Name TWO other books written by Jeanette Winterson. Not one, but TWO! Contest closes Tuesday March 15 at 6pm. One entry per email address, one entry per person. Winners will be contacted by email.

4. 10% Venture Day this Friday, March 18 at the Toronto Women’s Bookstore
Come and shop with us this Friday and 10% of the day’s sales will go to Parkdale Project Read, a non-profit, community literacy program that operates an adult learning centre in the Parkdale community. Please note: the 10% Venture Day usually happens on the last Friday of the month. Unfortunately, this month, we are closed on the last Friday, so we have moved this up a week.

UPDATES
5. Vigil In Support Of Queen Nzinga/Wendy Maxwell
Pearson International Airport
Monday March 14th
Meet at 7:30am at the Kipling Subway station, near the ticket collector.
If you can offer rides to people, meet at the Kiss'N'Ride at Kipling Station.
We'll be proceeding to the Pearson International Airport via the express bus (Airport Rocket 196).

Meeting point at the Airport at 9am, location TBA.

On Friday March 11th Wendy's federal court hearing to stay her deportation ended with a negative decision and despite a widespread support campaign, Joe Volpe has yet to speak on Wendy's case. Unless Volpe decides to intervene and grant Wendy Maxwell status on humanitarian grounds, we have agreed to give Wendy the respectful, dignified send-off that she deserves on Monday morning.

Join Wendy's friends, family, and the many community members who have come together in Wendy's defense for a candlelight vigil in Wendy's honour. Artists and poets are also encouraged to come out and we will hear a reading of some of Nzinga's poetry.

The vigil will be followed by a support and organizing meeting at 6pm on Monday March 14, on the 2nd floor of Jorgenson Hall (across from the cafeteria) at Ryerson University.

In the meantime, keep up the fight. Continue to make phone calls and write letters of support to Minister of Immigration Volpe. To send a letter or to call Volpe, go to www.supportwendy.com for more information.

For more information or to make a donation contact the Wendy Maxwell Support Committee: nooneisillegal@riseup.net www.supportwendy.com

6. A supporter of the Toronto Women’s Bookstore has informed us that the Bell Sympatico ad campaign, featuring a woman’s body with parts “cut out” has ceased. The ad campaign has been pulled from distribution effective March 3, 2005. In an email Bell stated that "The material was simply inappropriate" and that they had made an "error in judgment" for which they apologize and were "reviewing (their) advertising standards and the rigor of (their) approval process to minimize the chance that this will happen again." We have been advised to send all future complaints about offensive advertising directly to Advertising Standards of Canada at www.adstandards.com for more efficient responses.