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TWB ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Andrea Smith Thursday April 28
2. Reception at TWB for Bookends with Mayworks: "All I Work For" By Virginia Mak. Monday May 2
3. Browngirlworld: Radical Visions of South Asian womanhood Sunday May 15
4. 10% Venture this Friday!
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
5. Mayworks Queer Cabaret Thursday May 5
6. Books to Watch Out For: Subscriptions
7. Association for Research on Mothering Conference May 6-8 2005
8. Tapestry Presents: Between the Sheets Discussion May 10
9. ACTivist Magazine Presents Percy Schmeiser May 13
10. The 3rd Critical Multicultural Counselling Conference June 27-28, 2005
11. Win a Free Brunch for 2 at 93 Harbord!
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TWB ANNOUNCEMENTS
1.
University of Toronto's Social Justice Cluster and the Toronto Women's Bookstore
In partnership with Aboriginal Studies and First Nations House present:
ANDREA SMITH
Book Launch of CONQUEST! Sexual Violence And American Indian Genocide (South End Press 2005)
Time: 6.30pm
Date: Thursday April 28th, 2005
Location: 3rd Floor, Faculty of Social Work, 246 Bloor St West, at Bedford
Near St George Subway. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments served.

Andrea Smith (Cherokee) is a longtime anti-violence and Native American activist and scholar who is co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, a national organization that utilizes direct action, critical
dialogue and grassroots organizing to address this critical issue. Andrea is widely published on issues of violence against Aboriginal women and women of colour.

2. Mayworks Reception
Monday May 2
Reception at Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord St.
5:30pm to 7pm
Free, All are welcome, Light Refreshments provided

The reception is to celebrate Bookends: Visual Art Display in the front window of the Toronto Women’s Bookstore: "All I Work For" by Virginia Mak and "All We’ve Worked For" by Workers’ Action Centre, on display in the
window of Another Story Bookshop, 164 Danforth Ave.

All I Work For
By Virginia Mak
Wednesday April 27 to Tuesday May 17
Toronto Women’s Bookstore, Storefront Window
73 Harbord Street

Words from the artist: I was told at school that working is to contribute to society. When I had my first job, I couldn’t fathom the idea of work aside from being a means of income-a rather indirect motive. As I grow older and
more experienced, I feel I must dig deeper. Do I work to ultimately meet my basic needs? What are they? Food, water, shelter or sex? Or does working meet my higher needs? Pleasure, comfort, security, freedom, knowledge, wisdom, aesthetic satisfaction, fulfilment of some sort, meaningful existence, or collaborating to build a community? Do I keep a certain objective in mind when taking on a job? Or do I regularly forget why I take on a job in the first place? What do I, as an artist or a person, work for?
What do you work for?

For more info about Mayworks programming, www.mayworks.ca
<http://www.mayworks.ca>
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3. Browngirlworld: Radical visions of South Asian womanhood: a spoken word and visual art show.
Sunday, May 15
Door 7pm, Show 7:30pm
$5 admission at the door
Toronto Women’s Bookstore
73 Harbord St.
Featuring:
Rosina Kazi, lyricist/vocalist, LAL
Bushra Rehman, queer Pakistani poet, co-editor of "Colonize This!"
Leah Laskshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, author "Consensual Genocide"
Chamindika Wanduragala, Sri Lankan visual artist (Diaspora/Flow)
Open mic to follow
This is an all-ages event. All are welcome to attend. Wheelchair accessible.
Co-sponsored by brownstargirl productions, fist full of fire pictures and
Toronto Women’s Bookstore.
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4. 10% Venture this Friday, April 29, 2005
Come and shop at Toronto Women’s Bookstore and 10% of the day’s sales will go to Environmental Defence. Environmental Defence protects the environment and human health. They research and educate and go to court when they have to. All in order to ensure clean air, safe food and thriving ecosystems.
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
5.
Labour of Love: Queer Cabaret: Mayworks Festival
Thursday May 5
8pm
Tickets $6 - $10 sliding scale
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street
With MC Fred Hahn, Pomegranate Klezmer Band (featuring TWB’s Reena Katz!), spoken word artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and author Maureen Hynes.
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6.
Books to Watch Out For
Here's a great way to support the Toronto Women’s Bookstore and provide you with up to date announcements of new lesbian and gay books. Subscribe to Books to Watch Out For, a new online newsletter produced by Carol Seajay,
the founder of Feminist Bookstore News and the authoritative voice in feminist/lesbian publishing. Canadian Richard Labonte writes The Gay Men's section. We love it at TWB! It provides invaluable, engaging reviews, interesting interviews, and many titles otherwise hard to find. Go to http://www.BooksToWatchOutFor.com for more information, and if you do subscribe, be sure to say you found out about it from Toronto Women’s Bookstore. We get $5.00 for every
subscription from our recommendation. Check out a sample issue at http://www.btwof.com/samples.php
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7.
Association for Research on Mothering presents: YOUNG MOTHERS CONFERENCE

Friday, May 6 to Sunday, May 8, 2005
York University, Toronto, Canada
Keynote Panel, Friday May 6, 7 -9 pm:
Being a Teen Mom: Trials and Triumphs
Allison Crews: editor of www.girlmom.com, and founder of the National Coalition to Empower Teen Parents; Bee Lavender: co-editor of Breeder: Real Life Stories from the New Generation of Mothers; Lindsay Kretschmer: 2003 Recipient of the YWCA's Women of Distinction Award.

Tickets $10
For tickets contact arm@yorku.ca, Toronto Women's Bookstore and School of Women's Studies, York University
Play Performance and Reception Saturday, May 7, 6:30 pm:
"Girl Mom" Lindsey Rock (University of Alberta)
Tickets $20
For tickets contact arm@yorku.ca, Toronto Women's Bookstore and School of
Women's Studies, York University
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8.
Tapestry New Opera Presents:
PERFORMANCE AND PANEL DISCUSSION: Between the Sheets: an intimate look at the libretto of Nigredo Hotel. Libretto by Ann-Marie Macdonald, music by Nic Gotham. Starring Patricia O’Callaghan and Alexander Dobson.
May 10th at 8 p.m.
The Fermenting Cellar, Distillery Historic District.
Call 416-537-6066 or visit www.tapestrynewopera.com
http://www.tapestrynewopera.com for tickets and full event details.
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9.
ACT for the Earth presents: A Talk with Percy Schmeiser
Friday, May 13, 2005
Bloor Street United Church
300 Bloor Street West
at Huron, east of Spadina

Doors open at 6:30 pm
Forum starts at 7:00 pm sharp

This event will launch a new campaign which addresses the convergence of nanotechnology and biotechnology and the threats that they pose to biodiversity and environmental safety.

Percy Schmeiser is a Saskatchewan farmer who was sued by Monsanto after his canola crop was contaminated by patented GM canola that blew onto his land. He will be speaking about biotechnology, patent law, and his campaign to
protect farmer's rights to save their seeds.
For more info, to volunteer, or order tickets, please contact: Chris Davenport,
The ACTivist Magazine cdavenport@activistmagazine.com
Tickets are also on sale at Toronto Women’s Bookstore.
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10.
3rd Annual Critical Multiculturalisms Conference
Centre for Diversity in Counselling
OISE/UT
252 Bloor St. W.
416.923.6641
The 3rd Critical Multicultural Counselling Conference on the 27-28th June, 2005 at OISE. Featuring Dr. John Morgan, Dr. Beverly Greene, Dr. Pittu Laungani, Anne Poonwassie and others. For details about the conference see:
http://cdc.oise.utoronto.ca
Co-sponsored by Toronto Women’s Bookstore
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11.
93 Harbord is pleased to announce that they are open for Sunday brunch. Come and try contemporary Middle Eastern brunch including fresh juices, homemade desserts and dishes like Barbari Toast, Gourmet Ful Medames and Shakshoka.
Hours: Sunday 11:00am to 3pm. For reservations call 416.922.5914.

Win a free brunch for two at 93 Harbord. Be the 26th correct email response to the question: What is the name of one course or workshop offered at TWB in the month of May? One reply per email address. One reply per customer.
Winner will be notified by email. Contest closes Friday, April 29th at 6pm.
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