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Under the Covers: Reviewing the Covers of 2009

by Dan
Design & Typography + News / January 27, 2010

Tonight is the BPPA's annual review of the best and worst book covers of the year.

Alan Jones, Senior Designer at HarperCollins Canada, was scheduled to have been one of the panellists, but sadly he had to drop out at the last minute. He is being replaced by freelance deisgner and advertising copywriter David A. Gee and umm... me.

Other (eminently qualified) panellists include freelance designer Ingrid Paulson (formerly Art Director at Raincoast Books), Terri Nimmo Senior Designer at Random House Canada, and Steven Beattie Review Editor at The Quill & Quire. This unruly rabble will be moderated by David Ward of McClelland & Stewart.

The event is 6:30-8:30 pm at The Arts and Letters Club in Toronto. It's free for BPPA Members, $20.00 for non-members.

For more information go to the BPPA's event page.

Come heckle.

VIMFF: Climbing While Eating Popcorn

by Siobhan
January 26, 2010

I've been to the Vancouver International Film Festival before... but this week I'll be attending the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival for the first time. I'm excited to go - from what I've heard, it's a really fun festival.

I'm not a climber myself, but my partner is - and one of these days, he's going to show me how to scale a rock wall myself. Gulp.

Until the then, I'm happy to watch some great films - with both feet firmly planted on the ground. :)

Books for climbers:


- The Zen of Mountains and Climbing: Wit, Wisdom and Inspiration
- Sport Climbing: From Toprope to Redpoint, Techniques for Climbing Success
- Climbing: Training for Peak Performance

Click here to see a list of more Climbing books.



- Trekking in Nepal Himalaya
- Trekking in the Patagonian Andes
- Trekking in the Indian Himalaya

Click here to see a list of more Trekking books.

TCAF 2010

by Dan
Graphica / January 19, 2010

The good folks at The Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF) have just unveiled this amazing poster for the 2010 event (see above). It's designed by the awesome Daniel Clowes – author of Ghost World, David Boring, and Ice Haven – who is also a featured guest and will be debuting his new (much-anticipated) book Wilson, published by Drawn and Quarterly.  

And if that isn't enough reason drag yourself to the Toronto Reference Library on May 8th and 9th, Clowes will be joined at this year's festival by the co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies James Sturm, author of America and the forthcoming Market Day (also published by D+Q)!

A full list of exhibitors attending the show can be found here.