BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20180228T191801Z DTSTAMP:20180228T191801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220530T154338Z DESCRIPTION:Tickets available Monday\, October 29th \;at\n9 am. \;Register here\n\nDid you miss our first Giller Gala in\n2017? Don’t make the same mistake this year.\n\nIt was so much fun\, we’re making it an\nannual party.\n\nWe asked some of our favourite\,\nthought-provoking Tweeters to join us\, and they said yes! Arrive on the red\ncarpet\, have a drink\, vote for your favourite book\, and take part in an evening\nof discussion about this year’s Giller shortlist. Each guest will defend one\ntitle\, then we’ll watch the Giller Gala live on the big screen and announce the\npeople’s choice winner.  \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nHosted\nby: \; \; \; \;\n\n \;\n\n@idontlikemunday\n\nEvan Munday \;is the illustrator of the novels Stripmalling and DOOM: Love Poems\nfor Supervillains\, as well as the self-published comic book\, Quarter-Life\nCrisis. He also wrote a Silver Birch-nominated series of novels for young\nadults\, The Dead Kid Detective Agency. He worked for eight years as a book\npublicist for Coach House Books\, and now does a variety of work including e-book\nconversion\, illustration\, and bookselling.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nLast year's winning defender: \; \; \;\n\n@annetdonahue\n\nAnne T. Donahue \;is a writer and originally from Cambridge\, Ontario. Her work has appeared\non The Guardian\, Globe &\; Mail\, Esquire\, Playboy\, and Flare. Her first\nbook\, \;Nobody Cares\, comes out September 2018 with ECW Press. She\nwrites a weekly letter called \;That's What She Said that you should\nabsolutely subscribe to.\n\n \;\n\nThrilled\nto welcome to this year's Gala:\n\n@geekylonglegs\n\nSarah\nHagi \;is a former Vice journalist and a\nfreelance writer who is regularly published on sites such as GQ\, The Cut\,\nCosmopolitan\, Hazlitt\, and the Verge\, contributing her sharp insights on\npolitics\, race\, arts and culture\, and more.\n\n \;\n\n@manishakrishnan \;\n\nManisha\nKrishnan \;is a senior writer and host at\nVice\, and your current essential guide to cannabis news. She also writes about\npolitics\, crime\, guns\, and the power of courts and police. \;  \;\n\n \;\n\n@shawnmicallef\n\nShawn\nMicallef \;is a weekly columnist for the\nToronto Star who focuses on cities and culture. He’s also the editor and\nco-owner of Spacing magazine and the author of four books\, including The\nTrouble with Brunch and Frontier City. He teaches civic citizenship and design\nat the University of Toronto.\n\n \;\n\n@ishaninath \; \;\n\nIshani\nNath \;is a senior editor at Flare\nmagazine\, where she dissects culture and fashion through the lens of the TV\,\nmovies\, and celebrities we’re most obsessed with. \; \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nDoor prizes.\n\n \;\n\nDrinks available for purchase from\nDescendants.\n\n \;\n\n***Limit two tickets per valid email\naddress. \;As events are free\, it is our policy to overbook. In case of a\nfull program\, your reservation may not guarantee admission. Unclaimed\nreservations will be released to standby customers ten minutes prior to the\nstart of the program. We recommend that you arrive early.***\n\n \;\n\nImagineIt\n\n \;\n\nIn partnership with the City of\nKitchener\, we’re hosting a new series of events that will feature fun and\ninteresting ways to celebrate reading\, writing\, and literacy. Just ImagineIt –\nan entire community that connects through words\, stories\, and songs.\n\n \;\n\n \;\nImage URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.evanced.info/Customer/kplca/GILLERPRIZE_COLOUR_D1171748.JPG X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Tickets available Monday\, October 29th \;at\n9 am. \;Register here
Did you miss our first Giller Gala in\n2017? Don’t make the same mistake this year.
It was so much fun\, we’re making it an\nannual party.
We asked some of our favourite\,\nthought-provoking Tweeters to join us\, and they said yes! Arrive on the red\ncarpet\, have a drink\, vote for your favourite book\, and take part in an evening\nof discussion about this year’s Giller shortlist. Each guest will defend one\ntitle\, then we’ll watch the Giller Gala live on the big screen and announce the\npeople’s choice winner.  \;
Hosted\nby: \; \; \; \;
@idontlikemunday
Evan Munday \;is the illustrator of the novels Stripmalling and DOOM: Love Poems\nfor Supervillains\, as well as the self-published comic book\, Quarter-Life\nCrisis. He also wrote a Silver Birch-nominated series of novels for young\nadults\, The Dead Kid Detective Agency. He worked for eight years as a book\npublicist for Coach House Books\, and now does a variety of work including e-book\nconversion\, illustration\, and bookselling.
Last year's winning defender: \;
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\n\n@annetdonahue
Anne T. Donahue \;is a writer and originally from Cambridge\, Ontario. Her work has appeared\non The Guardian\, Globe &\; Mail\, Esquire\, Playboy\, and Flare. Her first\nbook\, \;Nobody Cares\, comes out September 2018 with ECW Press. She\nwrites a weekly letter called \;That's What She Said that you should\nabsolutely subscribe to.
Thrilled\nto welcome to this year's Gala:
@geekylonglegs
Sarah\nHagi \;is a former Vice journalist and a\nfreelance writer who is regularly published on sites such as GQ\, The Cut\,\nCosmopolitan\, Hazlitt\, and the Verge\, contributing her sharp insights on\npolitics\, race\, arts and culture\, and more.
 \;
@manishakrishnan \;
Manisha\nKrishnan \;is a senior writer and host at\nVice\, and your current essential guide to cannabis news. She also writes about\npolitics\, crime\, guns\, and the power of courts and police. \;  \;
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@shawnmicallef
Shawn\nMicallef \;is a weekly columnist for the\nToronto Star who focuses on cities and culture. He’s also the editor and\nco-owner of Spacing magazine and the author of four books\, including The\nTrouble with Brunch and Frontier City. He teaches civic citizenship and design\nat the University of Toronto.
 \;
@ishaninath \; \;
Ishani\nNath \;is a senior editor at Flare\nmagazine\, where she dissects culture and fashion through the lens of the TV\,\nmovies\, and celebrities we’re most obsessed with. \; \;
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Door prizes.
Drinks available for purchase from\nDescendants.
***Limit two tickets per valid email\naddress. \;As events are free\, it is our policy to overbook. In case of a\nfull program\, your reservation may not guarantee admission. Unclaimed\nreservations will be released to standby customers ten minutes prior to the\nstart of the program. We recommend that you arrive early.***
ImagineIt
In partnership with the City of\nKitchener\, we’re hosting a new series of events that will feature fun and\ninteresting ways to celebrate reading\, writing\, and literacy. Just ImagineIt –\nan entire community that connects through words\, stories\, and songs.