Spoken Word

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TORONTO WORDSTAGE Feat Joe Fiorito, Craig Grant, Wendy Morton, Kenneth Sherman. Nov 8. 7pm. Free. Cervejaria, 842 College. 416-588-0162.

IAN MCALLISTER LAUNCH Slide presentation & talk w/ author/nature photographer for The Last Wild Wolves. Nov 8. 7:30pm. Free. Hart House Library, 7 Hart House, U of T. 416-640-5836.

NOAM CHOMSKY LIVE American linguist/intellectual/activist lectures on current global issues. Nov 9. 2:15pm. $20 general admission, $18 students. Burton Auditorium, Accolade East Building – Main Floor, York University, 4700 Keele. 416-736-5888. www.yorku.ca/perform.

ON STAGE: AGENTS OF CHANGE CBC TV's Brian Stewart interviews Dr Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child Canada. Nov 9. 6pm. Free. Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-393-7131. www.torontopubliclibrary.ca.

ANNE GEDDES LAUNCH Kitsch baby photographer discusses & signs copies of latest autobiography/retrospective. Nov 9. 7pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. 416-300-0799.

EDWARD CHEUNG Launches latest book. Nov 10. Noon-4pm. Free. Indigo Yonge & Eglinton, 2300 Yonge. 416-544-0049.

DAVE BIDINI LAUNCH Ex-Rheostatics rocker occupies Pages' front window for the afternoon, reading every single page(!) of new memoir w/ songs in between. Nov 10. Noon-5pm. Free. Pages Books & Magazines, 256 Queen W. 416-598-1447.

POOCH TALES & I BELIEVE I AM MAGIC LAUNCH Mexican authors Nacho Pata & Lety Ricardez w/ Toronto actor/playwright Rosa Laborde for Salvador Allende Arts Festival for Peace. Nov 10. 2:30pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. www.harbourfrontcentre.com.

GENESIS LAUNCH Canadian SF author Paul Chafe celebrates latest. Nov 10. 3pm. Free. Bakka-Phoenix Books, 697 Queen W. 416-963-9993.

TORONTO POETRY SLAM'S TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Spoken word competition feat spoken word folk band The Fugitives. Dave Silverberg hosts. Nov 10. 7:30pm. $5. Cervejaria, 842 College. 416-312-3865. www.torontopoetryslam.com.

THIS IS NOT A READING SERIES – GREENTOPIA See Books page 53. Third uTOpia instalment kicks off w/ rollicking & rowdy party feat green activites & edu-tainment. Nov 11. 3pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

ART BAR READING SERIES Feat Steve McCabe, Andrea Thompson, Karen Mulhallen. Nov 13. 8pm. Free. Clinton's, 693 Bloor W. www.artbar.org.

THIS IS NOT A READING SERIES - ANN MARIE FLEMING Using clips from her award-winning 2003 documentary The Magical Life Of Long Tack Sam, Fleming tells the story of her great-grandfather from new graphic memoir of same title. Nov 13. 7:30pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

ALAN BRYCE Art Smart: The Intelligent Guide to Investing in the Canadian Art Market author discusses how to determine the value of a piece of art and the inner workings of the Canadian art market. Nov 14. 7pm. Free. North York Central Library, rm 1, 5120 Yonge. Call to register: 416-395-5639.

HUMAN NATURED: NEWFOUNDLAND NUDES Nov 14. 7pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

STACEY MAY FOWLES AND FRASER SUTHERLAND LAUNCH Shameless publisher celebrates debut novel Be Good w/ performance by Tomboyfriend, DJ Ashley Olsen. Dayle Furlong reads. Nov 14. 7:30pm. Revival, 783 College W. 416-535-7888.