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Contest! Grand Prize Non-Fiction Mega Book Package from the Word on the Street

Are you in need of a whole new library? Do you live for fascinating, brilliantly written non-fiction? Then don't miss your chance to win our final, grand prize from The Word On The Street this year — a huge prize pack of the best in Canadian non-fiction. Whether you want to laugh yourself silly or expand your mind, this huge list of titles has it all. This is the last of our 2016 The Word on the Street book giveaways, and we're going out with a bang!

 

To enter, send your name and mailing address to contests@openbooktoronto.com with the subject line WOTS: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH by 11:59p.m. on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. One winner will be selected and contacted regarding prize collection at this year's festival.

The contest prize pack includes copies of:

  • What's Yours is Mine by Tom Slee
  • Precious Cargo by Craig Davidson
  • Multicultural Cities by Mohammad Abdul Qadeer
  • This is Not My Life by Diane Schoemperlen
  • The Ballad of Danny Wolfe by Joe Friesen
  • A Good Death by Sandra Martin
  • In My Humble Opinion: My So-Called Life by Soraya Roberts
  • What's Yours is Mine by Tom Slee
  • Precious Cargo by Craig Davidson
  • Wait Time: A Memoir of Cancer by Kenneth Sherman
  • Change Up: How to Make the Great Game of Baseball Even Better by Buck Martinez (with Dan Robson)
  • In-Between Days by Teva Harrison

Don't miss checking out these authors in person at the Nothing But The Truth Tent at The Word on the Street this year!

For full contest rules, please click here.
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The Word On The Street is a is a national celebration of literacy and the written word. 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.

The Word On The Street takes place in Toronto at the Harbourfront Centre (235 Queen Quay West) on Sunday, September 25, 2016 and features dozens of fantastic author readings, kids programming, author signings, food tents and much more.


Grace O'Connell is the Contributing Editor for Open Book: Toronto and the author of Magnified World (Random House Canada). She also writes a book column for This Magazine.

For more information about Magnified World please visit the Random House Canada website.

Buy this book at your local independent bookstore or online at Chapters/Indigo or Amazon.

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