Upcoming Meetings and Workshops

Where We Meet

Our monthly meetings are held at Deer Park Library, 40 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, ON M4T 1M9 (416-393-7657). Closest major intersection is Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue East.

Meeting time is from 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Public Transit

TTC St. Clair subway station, exit St. Clair Centre.
TTC streetcar St. Clair Ave.

Parking

Paid parking on Alvin Street 1 block east of Yonge and north of St. Clair Ave.

Questions?

If you have questions about our events or workshops, please e-mail , the Program Chair.

Upcoming Meetings

Events: Sorted by Date

Upcoming events are sorted chronologically by date. Archived events are sorted by reverse date order (oldest at the bottom).

Information for meetings, writing events and workshops will be announced here when available. Meeting dates have been included where details are pending so that you may note them in your calendar. See also CAA Toronto Special Events.

September 16, 2010

Ben Mazzotta — Executive Producer/Director/Writer/Editor

Ben Mazzotta received his BA in Film and Image Arts from Ryerson University, where he shot, edited and directed several short films. He was also the co-producer, cinematographer, editor, and storyboard artist on the international award winning short film, Use Once and Destroy. He then worked for nine years at the University of Toronto's Multimedia Production Department, where he produced, directed, shot, edited and distributed numerous university-funded, educational documentaries.

His company, Little Engine Moving Pictures, completed its first commissioned piece for OMNI television's Signature Series called DiverseCity: The Jews of Toronto, a pilot on the history of Toronto's vibrant ethnic community. Ben's 2008 feature film directorial debut The Limits found its way to several film festivals including The Edmonton International Film Festival, ReelWorld Film Festival (where The Limits garnered the Outstanding Canadian Feature prize), Los Angeles Digital Video & High Definition Film Festival (taking Best Dramatic Feature), the Los Angeles First Time Film Festival (short-listed one of nine films out of over 2000 submissions) and was sold to SuperChannel shortly after its successful festival run.

Ben also works as a freelance illustrator, graphic designer, animator, videographer, editor, creative consultant and freelance director for several advertising agencies, corporate clients and production companies.

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Place: Deer Park Library, 40 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto. (how to get there.)
Cost: CAA Members free; Non-members $10; Students (with student ID) $5

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October 15, 2010

Elizabeth Abbott — Writer and Historian

Elizabeth Abbott is a writer and historian with a special interest in social justice and women's issues, the treatment and lives of animals, and the environment.

Before moving to Toronto in 1991, she lived in Montreal and Port-au-Prince. She has a doctorate from McGill University and is a Research Associate at Trinity College, University of Toronto where from 1991 to 2004 she was Dean of Women.

Her books have been translated into 16 languages, and include the best-selling A History of Celibacy and A History of Mistresses. A History of Marriage (2010) is the final volume in this historical relationship trilogy. In 1991 Abbott won a National Magazine Award for Environmental Writing. Her book, Sugar: A Bittersweet History, was short-listed for the 2009 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction.

Selected Publications

A History of Marriage, Toronto: Penguin, 2010.
Sugar: A Bittersweet History, Toronto: Penguin, 2008.
A History of Mistresses, Toronto: HarperCollins, 2003.
A History of Celibacy, Toronto: HarperCollins, 1999.

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Place: Deer Park Library, 40 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto. (how to get there.)
Cost: CAA Members free; Non-members $10; Students (with student ID) $5

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November 18, 2010

Michael Mirolla — Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Guernica Editions

Publishing in the 21st century: The “new” Guernica

Michael Mirolla will discuss the "new" Guernica's vision of the publishing industry. Also, as an author, Michael will provide insight into the craft of writing for publishing and offer perspectives on the future of the novel, the short story, and poetry.

Michael Mirolla is a novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright. Publications include a poetry collection, Light And Time, the novel Berlin (a finalist for the 2009 Indie Book and National Best Books Awards), and two short story collections — The Formal Logic of Emotion (recently translated into Italian and released in 2010) and Hothouse Loves & Other Tales. An English-Italian bilingual collection of poetry, Interstellar Distances / Distanze Interstellari, was released in 2008. A second novel, The Facility, is scheduled for publication in the fall of 2010.

Chronicle of Canada, Editor-in-chief. Montreal: Chronicle Publications, 1990.
Haiti: The Duvaliers and their Legacy, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.
Tropical Obsession: A Universal Tragedy in Four Acts, Port-au-Prince: Edition Deschamps, 1986.

Awards

National Magazine Award for Environmental Writing, 1991.

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Place: Deer Park Library, 40 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto. (how to get there.)
Cost: CAA Members free; Non-members $10; Students (with student ID) $5

Past Meetings

Archived events are sorted by reverse date order (oldest at the bottom).

As information becomes available for the new year, the agenda and bios for meetings held in prior years are moved to the Past Events and Workshops page.

Earlier Meetings Archived

Meetings held before the archived events above have been moved to the Past Events and Workshops page.

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Updated: August 31, 2010