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March 8th marks International Women's Day each year, though it's sadly not yet a national holiday in Canada, as it is in a few countries. But official holiday or not, there are still a tonne of events happening in Toronto to mark the occasion. Here are some of Torontoist's best bets for celebrating feminism this week:

Everyone sufficiently recovered from Word on the Street? Over 200,000 people braved the wind and rain and descended upon Queen’s Park for a celebration of books. I have a book hangover, thus the lateness of this week’s listings.

Festivities continue with the Women's Day Fair is at 3pm, held at the Ryerson's Student Centre, Church and Gould St.

Tourism and hospitality can be a tough business in this city. The SARS crisis thankfully never exploded into a full blown public outbreak but scared away enough visitors to the city that it might as well have been. Tourism Toronto, an agency controlled by tourism stakeholders like hotels, has been lacklustre in its marketing efforts. It seems that for every Lord of the Rings musical we're getting a Toronto Unlimited, a pretty poor track record considering it's these very same hotel owners that know just how bad business has been lately.

Describing yourself as the "king" of anything usually warrants a little skepticism. Michael Jackson, for instance, will never live down calling himself the "King of Pop." The same can be said for LeBron James' "King James" moniker in the NBA. Salad King, however, represents a horse of a different colour. The popular Thai restaurant on Yonge and Gould St., one block north of Dundas Square, is neither "salad" nor "king." Against the literal meaning of the name, the attraction to Salad King is not because of the salads; it's the chilies.