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Douglas Coupland could have taken better stock of his surroundings before he spoke. The writer of Generation X and jPod was on stage in the Toronto Reference Library's new event space, the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, for the space's inaugural event on September 23, the first of three planned installments of The Writer's Room, a series of author interviews hosted by the Globe's Ian Brown. The event was styled as a gala opening for the Salon, complete with a cash bar. The public had turned out in droves, drawn by Coupland's celebrity, and also by free admission. But there were career librarians in the room as well, basking in the Reference Library's beautiful new gathering space. And Coupland had to go and poke their collective sore spot.

The Gladstone Hotel is offering “truly affordable works of art” for sale in their front lobby. For $2.01—two dollars for the art plus one sacrificial penny—you can choose from four different designs by Canadian artists Douglas Coupland, Marian Bantjes, Burton Kramer, and Paul Butler.

SCULPTURE: Almost two hundred years ago, American ships sailed into the Toronto harbour at Fort York and released an army of soldiers who then set fire to the city. A battle ensued and by the time the War of 1812 had ended, Canada had the confidence to develop as a nation and the Americans found themselves rebuilding their White House. Douglas Coupland—writer, artist, and lover of all things Canadian—commemorates the event with his new sculpture Memorial to the War of 1812, to be unveiled today near the site of Fort York. 600 Fleet Street, 12:30 p.m., FREE.

Every Tuesday afternoon, Torontoist rounds up the city's literary news, including book deals, events, local sales, author happenings, and insider information from the book industry.

Author/artist Douglas Coupland is in town Thursday at the Monte Clark Gallery for the opening of a new exhibition of collages, The Penguins. The promo material says, “This is one of several shows he has prepared (and is preparing) looking at the relationship between books and visual culture.”

Hmm, maybe the CBC finally came to its senses and realized that reality shows like the Dragon's Den and the One are about as good an idea as "Nuts and Gum". Well, the Ceeb has agreed to develop tv movies and mini-series based on works of Canadian literature.

This was the first press screening Torontoist went to, and we walked in 10 minutes late entirely by accident, so you don’t have to listen to us on this one if you don’t want to.

So, another film Friday reached and it is, ahem, a bit of a dull week with everyone obsessed with Cannes. And we’ve shot ourselves in the foot a bit perhaps by having already got a bit too excited about the new Cinematheque Ontario season here. So what is there to talk about, eh?

, the book has a foreward by Douglas Coupland and contains fine art, documentary, photojournalism, editorial, and commercial photos from established and emerging photographers. Until June 26th, a selection of photos from Carte Blanche will be displayed on the 3rd and 4th floors of the Gladstone (1214 Queen St W). The opening reception for the photo show will be taking place at the Gladstone tonight from 7pm until 10pm and it happens to be a feature exhibition for the CONTACT photo festival.

Mercer Union, a non-for-profit art gallery dedicated to the existence of contemporary art, is once again bringing you the good life; by providing a forum for the production and exhibition of Canadian and international "conceptually and aesthetically engaging art and related cultural practices". This is something that Torontoist can totally get behind. They pursue their primary objectives through activities that include exhibitions, lectures, screenings, performances, publications, events and special projects. This year, the Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art is proud to announce their third installment of Mercer Living - a bi-annual exhibition and fundraiser. This year's theme, Stellar Living, focuses on contemporary urban style, much like the style that we at Torontoist most naturally possess. (Or aim to at least). Stellar Living brings together the unique works of over fifty Canadian and international artists, like 3rd Uncle, Douglas Coupland, Shinobu Akimoto and loads other architects and designers who have created furniture, art and design items to be exhibited and then auctioned off at a gala fundraising event on May 10th in support of Mercer Union. The exhibition, which runs from April 28th to May 9th, (but closed Sundays) takes place at Givins/Shaw Public School, 180 Shaw St. For more details, visit Stellar Living.

A North York teenager was stabbed to death over a bus ticket the Star reports.

Every major media outlets is touting this summer as one of the worst construction seasons ever. The Gardiner is closed this weekend and other major thoroughfares like the DVP will also be affected by construction throughout the summer.

Toronto writer Sheila Heti waxes romantic about The Arcade Fire in the new issue of Walrus magazine. Her contribution to the summer "Love Letters" feature is addressed to Régine and makes reference to digging tunnels, naming babies and other activities held sacred by Montreal’s finest. The note, affectionately signed ‘W’, could or could not be inspired by the Fire’s spring show at the Danforth Music Hall. The magazine is on newsstands now and also features love notes from the likes of Douglas Coupland, Margaret Atwood and Leonard Cohen.

Unfathomably prolific writer, artist and National keeper of memories Douglas Coupland has a new show opening at Monte Clark tonight. He'll be presenting two works, . In the former he imagines life in 3005, and in the latter, he explores "the new meaning of translation in a world of file sharing, search engine translations, and endless digital replication of text-based work." This last one has us particularly intrigued, given that we spend much of our day feeding text through internet translators and laughing at the results. Coupland doesn't laugh, he appreciates the beauty, and says this translation yields 'a chilling reductive haiku of the initial text.' Okay, but we'd call them obtuse limericks before reductive haiku.

...in the audience as Douglas Coupland reads dramatically from his new book, Eleanor Rigby. As usual, the U.K. cover is some kind of beautiful, the Canadian/U.S. editions slightly less so. But hey, it's what's inside that counts, and what's inside is the same, reportedly so-so stuff. Should you go-go? We don't know-know. Chalk it up to our generational, ineffectual attitude. It's at the Isabel Bader. The price is low low. Or $10. Which is not actually low, but rhymed.