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An Evening with Toronto’s Boyfriend, Neil Gaiman

By Nico on Saturday the 18th of July, 2009 at 5:00 pm

An Evening with Neil Gaiman, at the Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

An Evening with Neil Gaiman

I’d originally meant to post this write-up after the event itself, but got rather busy, so here’s the truncated version.

Luminato is a new arts festival in Toronto; this is its second year. Neil Gaiman headlined the literary program with an interview, reading, Q&A and, of course, a lengthy signing.

Tickets were cheap (only $15) and when they were made available to the public they sold out in three minutes. Three. Minutes.

Fortunately, my husband received advanced notification from theglobeandmail.com and were able to purchase ours early. They may have killed their books section, very nearly causing me to cancel my subscription in protest, but I suppose there are still some benefits.

Anyway. Gaiman. Continue reading »