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TWB ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Written in Colour: Saturday April 9, 2005
2. NEW EVENT: Laura Davis is coming on Sat May 28!

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. Artists Against War
4. Book launch for Incorrigible by Velma Demerson

TWB ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Written in Colour Writer’s Symposium
Saturday April 9, 2005 10am to 6:15pm
OISE 4th floor
252 Bloor St. W.
Registration fee to be confirmed.

3 sets of workshops to choose from! A two-hour meet and greet networking lunch with authors and publishers! This is the second year that TWB has organized this symposium for writers of colour and native writers. All are welcome to attend.

Workshop facilitators and other writers attending include: Shyam Selvadurai, Ann Decter, trey anthony, Sandra Laronde, Motion, Shani Mootoo, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, George Sefa Dei, Judy Fong Bates, Drew Hayden Taylor, Makeda Silvera, Kerri Sakamoto, Tamai Kobayashi, Sherene Razack, and many more. For full details please visit our website at www.womensbookstore.com

**Toronto Women’s Bookstore would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council for their support.**

2. New Event at TWB: An evening with Laura Davis:
A Woman with the Courage to Heal Saturday, May 28, 2005 7pm
OISE Auditorium
252 Bloor St. W. (at St. George subway)
Tickets $8 to $15 (Sliding scale)

Tickets are on sale now at Toronto Women’s Bookstore. Come by or call to reserve your tickets today.

Laura Davis is the author of “The Courage to Heal”, “Allies in Healing”, “I Thought We’d Never Speak Again” and many more. At this special event, Laura Davis will give a talk on reconciliation and then she will be interviewed live onstage by Mandy Bonisteel, professor and coordinator with George Brown College's Assaulted Women and Children Counsellor/Advocate Program.

More information will be announced on this e-newsletter in upcoming weeks.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. Artists Against War Week: Events
Wednesday March 16
War Against War hip-hop show
9pm @ El Mocambo - 464 Spadina Ave
$7 featuring: Dope Poets Society, Amasonica Sound Force, Progress Negus, Blak Child, Human Dimensions, The Red Menace, Iron Crescent

SNACK!
10pm - 3am @ Fressen - 478 Queen St W
19+ NO COVER
featuring: djs EFSHARP and A-MONEY w/ guest dj WRECKALECT

Thursday March 17
The Music of Resistance Lula Lounge - 1585 Dundas St W (2 blocks west of Dufferin)
Chris Brown and Kate Fenner, Skydiggers and the Cash Brothers, Jian Ghomeshi, Evalyn Parry, Dwayne Morgan, Robert Priest, Yasmina Ramzy and George Sawa and special messages from Molly Johnson and Haydain of Jacksoul call 416-588-0307 for more info Tickets available at Soundscapes (572 College St.) and Lula Lounge $10 in advance - $15 at the door Saturday

MARCH 19 TROOPS OUT NOW
A global day of action against the occupation of Iraq Rally and march 1pm @ Nathan Phillips Sq Organized by Toronto Coalition to Stop the War www.nowar.ca

4. A Celebration for Incorrigible by Velma Demerson
After decades of suffering in silence, Velma Demerson decided to tell the world her heart-rending story of being persecuted and jailed in 1939 in Toronto for living with a Chinese man whom she loved and later married. Incorrigible tells a story of a shameful episode in Canadian history and Velma’s successful struggle to survive and prevail. Joining Velma, who will read a selection from her well-received book, will be several speakers, including: Michele Landsberg. Journalist; Judy Rebick, Author; Marjorie Chan, Playwright; Harry Kopyto, Legal Advisor.

The Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen St W Tuesday, March 29 at 7pm Sponsored by Wilfrid Laurier University Press
All are welcome, free admission For information: 416.907.5128