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Reading at the Harbourfront
In 1974, the federal government bequeathed Harbourfront Centre to Toronto, envisioning a dynamic mixed-use space with parks, condominiums, and an arts centre. Authors at Harbourfront Centre (AUTHORS) was part of the original programming, debuting its open stage reading series in June of that year.
Today, AUTHORS is a literary monster: 2009 alone saw John Irving, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Seth, Hornby, Eoin Colfer, James Ellroy, and Tash Aw take the stage at the Toronto waterfront under the AUTHORS umbrella, and over eight hundred other authors from around the world appear yearly through any one of AUTHORS’ programs: the weekly reading series, the annual International Festival of Authors, and ALOUD: A Celebration for Young Readers with the Forest of Reading Festival of Trees.
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