#1 Media & Literary Event
Lynn Coady won the 2013 Giller for her short-story collection Hellgoing. Nearly 500 members of the publishing and arts communities attended the black-tie dinner, hosted by Jian Ghomeshi and sponsored by Scotiabank, where $70,000 was awarded. Next: November 10, 2014
#2 Media & Literary Event
In 2013, the 11-day festival featured emerging authors and literary translations. It also included readings, lectures, book signings, and the awarding of the Harbourfront Festival Prize to Nobel Prize laureate Alice Munro. Next: October 23-November 2, 2014
#3 Media & Literary Event
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Canada’s largest outdoor book and magazine festival. Toronto’s event takes place in Queen’s Park Circle one last time, with almost 220,000 book lovers expected, before moving to Harbourfront in 2015. Next: September 21, 2014
#4 Media & Literary Event
Some 600 magazine writers, editors, and publishers from across the country will gather at the Carlu for this year’s gala, which now includes awards for Tablet Magazine of the Year, Magazine Website of the Year, and Blog of the Year. Next: June 6, 2014
#5 Media & Literary Event
The public debates draw Toronto’s intelligentsia to a packed Roy Thompson Hall twice a year to hear Canadian and international thinkers discuss hot topics. The 2014 spring debate was titled, "Be it resolved state surveillance is a legitimate defence of our freedoms." Next: November 2014
#6 Media & Literary Event
The Art Gallery of Ontario hosted a salon-style gathering for more than 200 to award the $60,000 prize to Graeme Smith in 2013 for his book The Dogs Are Eating Them Now, about the conflict in Afghanistan. Next: October 20, 2014
#7 Media & Literary Event
Produced and presented by media maverick Mozes Znaimer, Ideacity invites 600 attendees to listen to, learn from, and mingle with some of the brightest minds around, including Margaret Atwood, Jann Arden, and Robert Kennedy Jr. Next: June 18-20, 2014
#8 Media & Literary Event
The high-profile gala attracts more than 500 of the country’s business and media hotshots. Photojournalist Peter Bregg will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014—the first such honor for a photographer. Next: June 4, 2014
#9 Media & Literary Event (new to the list)
Two poets—one Canadian and one international—will each be awarded $65,000 at a gala dinner in the Distillery District, where about 300 literary lights will schmooze and dance in casual elegance. Next: June 5, 2014
#10 Media & Literary Event
New this year at Canada’s largest magazine conference: leadership breakfasts with business and media heavyweights, as well as MagNet Soiree, celebrating Quebec and sponsored by Equisoft. Next: June 3-6, 2014
#11 Media & Literary Event
The Canadian Journalists for Free Expression honors those who have risked their jobs, freedom, and lives to tell otherwise unheard stories. The theme for 2014 is “What you don’t know can hurt you,” and about 500 guests are expected. Next: December 3, 2014
