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Friday, August 08, 2008
Tonite: The Doug Wright Awards
:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/08/2008 05:00:00 AM 
The 4th Annual Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning will honour the career of Canadian cartoonist Lynn Johnston, of For Better or For Worse fame.
Friday, August 8, 7-9 p.m.
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge St.
Free admission
Presented with Toronto Public Library, the event will feature:
* A retrospective of Johnston's more than 30-year career
* A moderated Q&A
* A book signing
The 2008 Wrights will also see announcement of the winners of:
* The Best Book trophy
* Best Emerging Talent trophy
* The brand-new "Pigskin Peters" award
The awards are decided by a jury made up of members of the country's arts and culture community, including: author Katrina Onstad, cartoonist Ho Che Anderson, book seller Marc Glassman, writer Mariko Tamaki and Power Plant curator Helena Rickett.Labels: awards, comic strips, comics in libraries, events, graphic novels, Ontario, Toronto
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