Tanis MacDonald
Tanis MacDonald is the author of two books of poetry: Holding Ground (Seraphim Editions) and Fortune (Turnstone Press). She received the Bliss Carmen Poetry Prize in 2003. She is a former Art Bar board member and now serves as professor of poetry and all things Canadian at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo. She will be celebrating her new poetry book, Rue the Day (Turnstone Press).

Catherine Graham
Catherine Graham is the author of three poetry collections. She teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto and designs and delivers workshops on creativity for the business and academic communities. She will be celebrating her new poetry book, The Red Element (Insomniac Press).

Fraser Sutherland
Fraser Sutherland is the author of nine books of poetry, as well as books of criticism, bibliography, non-fiction and fiction. He has been a senior contributing reviewer at The Globe and Mail since 1998. His work has appeared in more than 100 periodicals and anthologies in Canada, USA, Great Britain, France, Serbia, Iran, Albania and Bangladesh. His most recent poetry collection is Manual for Emigrants (Tightrope Books).

If you’re looking to get some sun, head down to the patio at Clinton’s Tavern in the early afternoon when the sun hits all the right spots. You can watch the action on Bloor Street while enjoying some Chinese food or cheap pub grub and a cold one.

Monday to Friday they offer a burger and fries combo for $5.95. The patio seats about 60.

A Toronto tavern tradition on the corner of Bloor and Clinton, this venue has helped launch such groups as the Cowboy Junkies, Lowest of the Low, the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir and many others. Clinton's is now undergoing something of a renaissance, with regular live gigs after a couple years of spotty scheduling.