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WORDS: Let's be honest. Book launches can be a bit dry. Sometimes not even some free wine can spice up an event that's, more often than not, only interesting to industry types who want to network. And then there's This Is Not A Reading Series. They take each of their literary events to a level that any above-average book-lover can enjoy. Tonight, TINARS outdoes itself with the launch of Lisa Pasold's first novel, Rats of Las Vegas at the Gladstone. The book follows a poker prodigy who learns to play poker in Vancouver during the Depression. She starts working her way through high-stakes games on the railroad, eventually making her way to Las Vegas and the Flamingo Hotel. For the launch tonight, singers Alejandra Ribera and Bremner Duthie will start off the Vegas-themed party with some lounge singing, followed by a discussion between Pasold and writer (and sometimes poker player) Craig Davidson. The night really gets interesting when Skin Tight Outta Sight members CoCo La Creme and Sauci Calla Horra put on a burlesque performance, and then you can ante in for the night's biggest event, a "legal points-run poker tournament" hosted by Davidson. Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West), 7:30 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.), $15 (free with book purchase).