KINGSTON WRITERSFEST TALK

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23 – 7:00PM

Join Alex Jansen (Concept/Producer), Jason Gilmore (Filmmaker), Nick Marinkovich (Illustrator) and Craig Small (Animation Director) as they do a special multimedia presentation on KENK, moderated by Professor Clarke Mackey.

Venue: Ellis Auditorium, Queen’s Campus
59 University Ave, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Admission: $12.50 (advance tickets at The Grand box-office)

Official Site: www.kingstonwritersfest.ca

WORD ON THE STREET – TORONTO

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26 – 11:00AM-6:00PM

Pop Sandbox will be sharing a booth with Koyama Press at The Word on the Street festival in Toronto, with various members of the KENK team stopping by at different points during the day.

The Word On The Street is a national celebration of literacy and the written word. On one extraordinary Sunday each September, in communities coast to coast, the public is invited to participate in hundreds of author events, presentations and workshops and to browse a marketplace that boasts the best selection of Canadian books and magazines you’ll find anywhere. There is always plenty to see and do at Canada’s largest book and magazine festival, and best of all, The Word On The Street and all of its events are FREE!

Venue: Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Admission: FREE

Official Site: www.thewordonthestreet.ca

OTTAWA ANIMATION AND WRITERS FESTIVAL

SATURDAY OCTOBER 23 – 7:00PM

Join the creative team behind KENK for a special multimedia presentation on KENK, including an advance look at the forthcoming animation by Director Craig Small. Presented in partnership by the Ottawa International Animation Festival and the Ottawa International Writers Festival.

Venue: Library and Archive
395 Wellington St, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Admission: $15.00 General Admission (free for Writers/Animation Festival passholders)

Official Site: www.animationfestival.ca

CANZINE – TORONTO

SUNDAY OCTOBER 24 – 1:00PM-7:00PM

Pop Sandbox will have a table at Canzine, Canada’s Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture. Over 150 zines from across Canada will be on display and for sale! The heart of the event, indie publishers both in print and online come from across the country and the continent to show their wares! Be amazed at the creativity, ingenuity, and sheer weirdness!

Venue: The Great Hall
1087 Queen St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Admission: $5 (includes a copy of the fall issue of Broken Pencil)

Official Site: www.brokenpencil.com/canzine

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PAST EVENTS:

OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH PARTY
Thursday, May 6 – 7:00PM ’til Late

Come celebrate the official launch of KENK at our official Hot Docs and Toronto Comic Arts Festival event, in partnership with the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab. The entire creative team will be on hand to celebrate the release and do a special short presentation.

Venue: The Cadillac Lounge
1296 Queen St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Admission: FREE
Sponsored by: Pop Sandbox, the CFC Media Lab, Hot Docs, TCAF & Steam Whistle

THE TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL
Saturday, May 8 – 9:00AM-5:00PM
Sunday, May 9 – 11:00AM-5:00PM

Over 200 cartoonists from around the world convene to exhibit their art and book projects, to discuss and promote their work via panels and readings, and to interact with the public.

Venue: Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Admission: FREE
Presented by: Toronto Public Library

Official site: www.torontocomics.com

VANCOUVER BOOK LAUNCH
Thursday May 13 – 6:00PM-8:00PM

Richard Poplak (Writer) will be in attendance for the Vancouver launch of KENK.

Venue: Lucky’s Comics
3972 Main Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Admission: FREE

Official site: www.luckys.ca

KINGSTON ARTS & LETTERS CLUB
Tuesday May 18 – 7:00PM

Alex Jansen, Jason Gilmore and Nick Marinkovich will be in Kingston to discuss KENK with Prof. Clarke Mackey from Queen’s University.

Venue: Renaissance (the Ballroom)
285 Queen St, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Admission: FREE
Presented by: The Kingston Arts & Letters Club

Official Site: kingartsletters.wordpress.com

YELLOWKNIFE BOOK LAUNCH
Thursday May 20 – 12:00-1:00 PM

Richard Poplak (Writer) will discuss his latest work and the process of writing non-fiction.

Venue: Yellowknife Public Library
2nd floor of the Centre Square Mall
5022 49th Street, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
(867) 920-5642
Admission: FREE
Visit sponsored by: The Canada Council for the Arts

Official Site: discovernorth.ca/07_Events/eventDetail.asp?EventID=4343

MONTREAL BOOK LAUNCH
Thursday May 27 – 7:00PM

The entire creative team will be in attendance for the Montreal launch of KENK.

Venue: Drawn and Quarterly Bookstore
211 Rue Bernard Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Admission: FREE

Official site: www.drawnandquarterly.com/211bernard/

CONSPIRACY CULTURE DISCUSSION
FRIDAY MAY 28 – 7:00PM

The creative team behind KENK: A Graphic Portrait will be on hand for an entertaining presentation of the new book with special focus on some of the more bizarre details surrounding “the world’s most prolific bicycle thief” (The New York Times).

Venue: Conspiracy Culture
1696 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Admission: FREE

Official site: www.conspiracyculture.com

BIKE THEFT COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Thursday June 3 – 8:00PM

A moderated community discussion forum around bicycle theft in Toronto, tied-in with the release of KENK: A Graphic Portrait. Confirmed panelists include: Richard Goddard, Moderator (CBC); Richard Poplak (Writer, KENK: A Graphic Portrait); Yvonne Bambrick (Toronto Cyclists Union); Eric Kamphof (Curbside Cycle); Herb van den Dool (IBikeTO.ca); Robert Tajti (14 Division Planner & Technical Coordinator, Toronto Police)

Venue: CineCycle Coach House Theatre
129 Spadina Ave (down the lane), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Admission: FREE for Toronto Cyclists Union Members. $5 suggested donation. All profits go to CineCycle & the Toronto Cyclists Union
Presented by: CineCycle, IBikeTO, the Toronto Cyclists Union, Curbside Cycle & Pop Sandbox

Official site: www.ibiketo.ca/kenk

BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL – NEW YORK
THURSDAY JUNE 17 – SATURDAY JUNE 19

The entire KENK team will be attending the 10th anniversary of the Bicycle Film Festival in New York. Original artwork from the book will be featured in an exhibition alongside Albert Maysles and Spike Jonze at Damon Dash’s Anonymous Gallery opening Thursday; “Inside KENK”, a short film surrounding the making of KENK, will be playing before “The Birth of Big Air” by Jeff Tremaine and Producer Spike Jonze on Friday; and the KENK team will be at the BFF Street Party on Saturday.

Gallery Venue: Dash Gallery
172 Duane St, New York, NY, USA

Screening Venue: Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Ave (at 2nd St.), New York, NY, USA

Official site: www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/new-york

TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY TALK
SATURDAY, JULY 31 – 2:30PM-4:00PM

Richard Poplak (Writer) and Nick Marinkovich (Illustrator) will be in discussion with John Miller from the Toronto Writers’ Co-operative.

Venue: Toronto Reference Library (Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium)
789 Yonge St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Official site: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca

BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL – MONTREAL
Friday August 13 – 7:00PM

“Inside KENK”, a short film surrounding the making of KENK, will be playing before “The Birth of Big Air” by Jeff Tremaine and Producer Spike Jonze at the Bicycle Film Festival’s Montreal stop.

Venue: Venue: National Film Board Cinerobotheque
1564 St. Denis St, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Official site: www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/montreal

FAN EXPO CANADA
Friday August 27 – 4:00PM-9:00PM
Saturday August 28 – 10:00AM-7:00PM
Sunday August 29 – 11:00AM-6:00PM

The entire KENK team will be guests of FAN EXPO Canada, the largest pop culture event in Canada. Hundreds of guests from across the comic book, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming worlds will be in attendance, including Stan Lee, Adam West and Burt Ward, William Shatner, David Cronenberg, Glenn Danzig, Santo and Ernest Borgnine.

Venue: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
255 Front St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Official site: www.fanexpocanada.com