Free Outdoor Reading this Saturday

Taddle Creek Magazine is hosting an outdoor reading this Saturday in Taddle Creek Park. In case you are not familiar with TCM:

Taddle Creek was founded in 1997 as a Christmas annual for the Annex, Toronto’s unofficial literary hub, and its surrounding neighbourhoods (Seaton Village, Christie-Ossington, Little Italy, Palmerston, Sussex-Ulster, Huron-Sussex, and the University of Toronto area). In 2000, the magazine expanded its area of coverage to encompass the entire city and increased its frequency to semi-annual. Two years later, Taddle Creek’s distribution network finally escaped Toronto’s borders and the magazine became available on newsstands coast-to-coast.

As the final event of Taddle Creek's tenth anniversary year, the magazine invites you to a free, somewhat impromptu, outdoor reading this Saturday, July 19th, at 3 p.m., in Taddle Creek Park. It's a lovely little park with a fifties-moderne-style fountain that is slated for "updating" soon, so while you're out and about on Saturday, why not drop by, sit on the grass, and enjoy some schmooze-free literature.

Taddle Creek Park is in the Annex, on Bedford Road, just north of Bloor Street. Bedford is one block east of St. George, and not too west of Avenue. If arriving by subway, take the Bedford exit from St. George station, walk away from Varsity Stadium, and you're almost there.

On the schedule are three authors who have read at Taddle Creek launches throughout the past decade: Hal Niedzviecki, Alexandra Leggat, and David Whitton.

In the event of rain, the reading will be postponed. If you're unsure whether it's raining or not, check the Taddle Creek home page (www.taddlecreekmag.com) the morning of to see if the event is a go.