Last night, we joined Lesley Fairfield in celebrating the launch of her graphic novel, Tyranny. The reading and signing was held at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Don Mills.
Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield
Kathryn Cole, the editor of Tyranny, gave a great introducation for Lesley Fairfield.
Lesley Fairfield telling us about her personal thirty-year struggle with anorexia and bulimia.
We love Lesley’s outfit!
Check out her earrings and top – they match the cover!
Thank you once again to Nicola and to the staff at McNally Robinson Booksellers for making the event a success!
Sunday, September 27, 2009 was the Word on the Street‘s 20th year! The weather held up and the festival was quite the success! Here are a few of our photos from the day:
Tundra was at booth #245 this year with lots of great book deals and giveaways!
Laura Beingessner and Joanne Schwartz reading from Our Corner Grocery Store at the Children’s Reading Tent. After, Laura drew a broccoli for the kids!
From Jacob Two-Two on the High Seas, Cary Fagan teaches the audience the chorus of the Pirate Song: “It’s the pirate life for us, hey ho! The pirate life for us! Aaarrrgh!”
2:00pm at the Comics and Graphic Novels Tent was Graphic Memoirs: Three New Works. Tundra’s Lesley Fairfield (Tyranny) presented with Canadian graphic memoirists, Tory Woolcott (Mirror Mind) and Adam Bourret (I’m Crazy). Thank you to Christopher Butcher and Peter Birkemoe from The Beguiling for organizing this program.
Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield
Kathryn Cole, the editor of Tyranny, gave a great introducation for Lesley Fairfield.
Lesley Fairfield telling us about her personal thirty-year struggle with anorexia and bulimia.
We love Lesley’s outfit!
