"Bookstore on Queen" by Trachsi from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Since August is perennially the quietest literary month, LitTO will take the rest of it off. We look forward to the fall launches, and are planning book reviews, author interviews, contests, and more coverage of lit news. Did you hear? In October, Open Book: Toronto will launch its first annual celebration of new books by Ontario publishers, with events and “special initiatives” geared to......

The Amato Pizza at Queen and Bathurst has been shuttered. Since August 2005, the restaurant has been the centre of an organized boycott. Former employees charged that pay cheques were late or bounced, they were not financially compensated for overtime, and that owners Walter Cerenaka and Massimo and Giuseppe Colantonio also fired employees without severance. Now it would appear that the company has also failed to pay the rent. A letter dated March 23,......