# Event Details - **Event Name**: Launch of Alex Boyd's TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN (with Jim Johnstone) - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for the launch of Alex Boyd's TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN: Essays on Writing and Life (Palimpsest Press)! With Jim Johnstone.About this EventPulling from twenty-five years of essays, articles, and reviews, Alex Boyd’s Take This for the Pain is a curious look at art and culture in a rapidly changing world. Boldly tackling topics ranging from faith to aging to work in factories and bookshops, Boyd’s work finds inspiration in the philosophies of writers like George Orwell, William Stafford, and Charlotte Brontë. If you’ve ever wondered about the value of poetry in the 21st century, or whether graffiti is a valid art form, Take This for the Pain reveals how art can reinforce selfhood and galvanize social change. Moreover, it includes a range of reviews that covers a number of overlooked, deeply worthy books that will prove interesting to any book lover.Alex Boyd has written for publications such as The Globe and Mail and Taddle Creek magazine. He helped establish Best Canadian Essays, co-editing the first two collections of work selected from Canadian magazines. His poetry collections are Making Bones Walk (2007) winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and more recently The Least Important Man (2012). In 2018 his first novel was published: Army of the Brave and Accidental, a retelling of The Odyssey reviewed as “timely, original and profound.”Jim Johnstone is a Toronto-based poet, editor, and critic. He is the author of seven collections of poetry, most recently The King of Terrors (Coach House Books, 2023). His poetry has appeared internationally in magazines like POETRY, Poetry London, PN Review, The Kenyon Review, and Poetry Northwest, and he has won several national awards including the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, the Bliss Carman Award, and the Robin Blaser Award. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/launch-of-alex-boyds-take-this-for-the-pain-with-jim-johnstone/100001983464918966 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: CAD ## Event venue details - **city**: Toronto - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: Another Story Bookshop - **lat**: 43.6485482 - **long**: -79.4497583 - **full address**: Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, Canada ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Launch of Alex Boyd's TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN (with Jim Johnstone) - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/789817dd550a17e70e4155c937b4321c871a070dbc8c46ae7977d606763362cd-rimg-w1200-h600-dc272622-gmir.jpg?v=1774108550 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Launch of Alex Boyd's TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN (with Jim Johnstone) being held? - **A:** Launch of Alex Boyd's TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN (with Jim Johnstone) takes place on Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, Canada. - **Q**: Who is organizing Launch of Alex Boyd's TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN (with Jim Johnstone)? - **A:** Launch of Alex Boyd's TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN (with Jim Johnstone) is organized by Another Story Bookshop. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Launch of Alex Boyd's TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN (with Jim Johnstone)", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/789817dd550a17e70e4155c937b4321c871a070dbc8c46ae7977d606763362cd-rimg-w1200-h600-dc272622-gmir.jpg?v=1774108550", "startDate": "2026-06-11T19:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-06-11T20:30:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/launch-of-alex-boyds-take-this-for-the-pain-with-jim-johnstone/100001983464918966", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Another Story Bookshop", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "315 Roncesvalles Avenue", "postalCode": "M6R 2M6", "addressLocality": "Toronto", "addressRegion": "ON", "addressCountry": "CA" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "43.6485482", "longitude": "-79.4497583" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us for the launch of Alex Boyd's TAKE THIS FOR THE PAIN: Essays on Writing and Life (Palimpsest Press)! 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