Mark your calendars! This year’s Get Lit event in Toronto will be held on Thursday, October 22nd at the Gladstone Hotel.
Get Lit is foremost a reading series, featuring a diverse cast of Canadian celebrities who share a piece of writing with the audience – an excerpt from a book , a poem, a shor t story, a scene from a play – that has moved and inspired them to success. There will be five other readers in addition to me.
All proceeds go to The Running and Reading Clubs, a unique after-school program that encourages children in underprivileged neighborhoods across Canada to become physically active, learn to love reading , and break the cycle of generational poverty.
Tickets are going fast – be sure to reserve yours now!
Here’s who I’m reading with:
Christopher Alexander
Former Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan, federal Conservative Party nominee in the Toronto riding of Ajax-Pickering
Noel Edison
Conductor and Artistic Director, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Elora Festival Singers, Member of the Order of Ontario
Sarah Fulford
Editor-in-chief, Toronto Life magazine
Sarah Hampson
Journalist, Globe & Mail columnist
Terry O’Reilly
Advertising guru, co-founder of Pirate Radio & Television, and host of The Age of Persuasion on CBC Radio
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