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ART: In celebration of Amnesty International's sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a mural is being unveiled as part of "Project: Urban Canvas." The project came together under the leadership of the Art in Action team, along with consulting services donated by Mural Routes. The goal of the mural series—created by community members and artists armed with colourful palettes, not to mention heaps of creativity and enthusiasm—is to raise awareness about human rights violations that are occurring worldwide. The artwork at Midland Park is one of thirty murals across the city—some completed, others still in progress—representing the Articles in the UDHR. Midland Park (Ellesmere Road and Midland Avenue), 6 p.m., FREE.

So you think you know the history of Toronto's water? Taddle Creek used to flow down Philosopher's Walk, Garrison Creek used to flow through Trinity Bellwoods Park, all of the land below Front Street used to be in the lake, and R.C. Harris built everything; what else is there to know? Well, how about the mighty Laurentian River that flows from Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario right through High Park? That's just one of the surprises exposed by HTO: Toronto’s Water from Lake Iroquois to Lost Rivers to Low-flow Toilets published late last year by Coach House Books. The book's two-and-a-half dozen essays and accompanying photos document our changing relationships through time with the natural and artificial watercourses that flow through the city.

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.

Photo by 826 Chicago Today, TINARS will present Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney's, to launch the paperback edition of his book, What Is the What. Here in Toronto for one day only, Eggers' book, written as a "novelized autobiography" about Sudanese war refugee Valentino Achak Deng, will be complemented with a multimedia presentation during the event. Also don't forget that Taddle Creek will be having their tenth anniversary party tomorrow. They'll be celebrating with the...

Next week, Taddle Creek, a Toronto-based literary magazine that publishes Toronto authors exclusively, will be celebrating their tenth anniversary. Expected to release a "giant-sized" Christmas 2007 Issue, the 72-page magazine has writing from Alex Boyd, Emily Schultz, Camilla Gibb, Stuart Ross, and many, many others, for the simple price of $4.95. The anniversary party will be at the Gladstone Hotel on November 28th, with readings, music by the Eradicators, door prizes, and maybe cake....

Believe or not there are rivers in Toronto other than the Don and the Humber. Back in the day downtown Toronto was crisscrossed by streams like Taddle Creek and the Garrison. Most of these were abused by settlers and used as sewers, dumping grounds and finally buried.

Taddle Creek, one of our favourite local literary journals, is having a launch party tomorrow night at the Cadillac Lounge. The launch party promises a barbecue on the spacious back patio of the Cadillac, popsicles and of course authors galore. Doors 8pm.

The letters pages of this month's issue of Masthead magazine are positively snark-laden. Taddle Creek's Editor-in-Chief sees fit to quibble with the high praise given Spacing Mag's buttons in last mo's issue for not using an authentic TTC font. But the actual backgrounds on the pins aren't real either - Designer Matt Blackett illustrated them to represent the look of the TTC stations - so it's a bit of a silly point of contention. That said, Taddler-in-Chief Conan Tobias alights us to the fact that a TTC font is available from typographer David Vereschagin. TOist wants in on said fontage, be it postscript, truetype or falsetype.

Last time Taddle Creek had a launch party they gave away Krispy Kreme donuts and beer. Not the most savoury combo, but a welcome freebie if you could exercise enough restraint to go with one or the other. This time round the invite makes no mention of free dough, perhaps because Krispy Kreme is no longer in a position to give things away for free. Regardless, the readings promise to be short, the evening therefore sweet. Music by the Shovels, and door prizes galore. So get lit. At Rancho Relaxo.