This Sunday I’ll be at Toronto’s Word on the Street Festival at Queen’s Park.

From 11 till 1, find me at the PEN Canada booth (215) spreading the word about PEN’s work on behalf of writers in exile.

At 3:30 I’ll be at the Scotiabank Giller Prize Bestsellers Stage as part of a Giller Hour moderated by Jian Ghomeshi. Giller Prize founder and director respectively Jack and Elana Rabinovitch will be there, the CBC’s Erin Balser will be talking about this year’s Giller Prize longlist, and National Post Books Editor Mark Medley and myself will be talking about the role of literary awards.