# Event Details - **Event Name**: Launch of PIZZA BEFORE WE DIE with Yasuko Thanh - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 05 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 05 May, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for the launch of Hassan Kanafani and Yasuko Thanh's PIZZA BEFORE WE DIE, with Yasuko Thanh.About this EventA heart-wrenching personal account of the ongoing devastation in Gaza by an ordinary citizen who bears witness to the undoing of his community and homeland.The human tragedy unfolding in Gaza has been made all the more tragic by the widespread denial and apathy expressed by much of the rest of the world. Here is an urgent first-hand account of life and death in Gaza, written not by a war correspondent, but an ordinary citizen whose life was upended when the genocide began.In the midst of the chaos, Hassan began posting about his daily experiences on Reddit. Three activists, moved by his words, started collecting his posts without a clear plan - only the conviction that his story needed to be seen and the hope that somehow, it might help raise funds for him. By chance, those posts found their way to award-winning author Yasuko Thanh, who helped Hassan frame them for a book.Hassan's missives are a vivid, heartbreaking account of war and its toll - on families, on children, on innocent civilians. These are stories of hunger, survival, and death. These are stories that demand to be heard. And yet, stories like these are not being told: Mainstream media has largely remained silent. Foreign journalists are barred from Gaza. Local journalists are being killed. In this vacuum, Hassan's voice breaks through out of the darkness and into the light.Pizza Before We Die is literary journalism at its rawest and most urgent - clear eyed, unflinching, and deeply humane. Hassan captures the unspeakable horror of the tragedy in Gaza with restraint and precision, never sensationalizing, always bearing witness. It is a work of raw power and emotion, and a reminder that in the midst of chaos and tragedy, our shared humanity remains intact.A portion of proceeds from the sale of Pizza Before We Die will be donated to Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres.Hassan Kanafani (he/him) is from Gaza. He is a graduate from the Faculty of Engineering at Al-Azhar University in Gaza.Yasuko Thanh (she/her) is a writer and a creative writing instructor at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC. Her first novel, Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains (Penguin Canada), a tale of rebellion in French Indochina, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2016. Her bestselling memoir, Mistakes to Run With (Penguin Canada), which reflected on her journey from sex worker to successful writer, was a finalist for the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. Her most recent novel, To the Bridge (Hamish Hamilton), explored gaps in mental health care preventing suicide. Her next novel, The Falling Maria, is forthcoming in 2027. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/launch-of-pizza-before-we-die-with-yasuko-thanh/100001985394174421 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, health-wellness, nonprofit, mental-health - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Flaunch-of-pizza-before-we-die-with-yasuko-thanh-tickets-1985394174421 - **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 Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Another Story Bookshop (https://allevents.in/org/another-story-bookshop/19153708) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/8d723fff1792c392d8ec6bc449a1e57346511d6eda943790eb639d67be921204-rimg-w1200-h600-dcba3620-gmir.jpg?v=1774108866 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/eb7fb30e0c9107a05e795c13fbc379d2b09c08c449b1d91a70eeec4dfa6ceb08-rimg-w400-h400-dcba3621-gmir.jpg?v=1774108865 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Tue, 05 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, Canada - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 CAD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Another Story Bookshop - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, health-wellness, nonprofit, mental-health - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Launch of PIZZA BEFORE WE DIE with Yasuko Thanh ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Launch of PIZZA BEFORE WE DIE with Yasuko Thanh", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/8d723fff1792c392d8ec6bc449a1e57346511d6eda943790eb639d67be921204-rimg-w1200-h600-dcba3620-gmir.jpg?v=1774108866", "startDate": "2026-05-05T19:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-05-05T20:30:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/launch-of-pizza-before-we-die-with-yasuko-thanh/100001985394174421", "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 Hassan Kanafani and Yasuko Thanh's PIZZA BEFORE WE DIE, with Yasuko Thanh.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-21", "availabilityEnds": "2026-05-05T20:30:00-04:00", "validFrom": "2026-03-21", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/launch-of-pizza-before-we-die-with-yasuko-thanh/100001985394174421" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-21", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/launch-of-pizza-before-we-die-with-yasuko-thanh/100001985394174421", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Another Story Bookshop", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/another-story-bookshop/19153708" } ] } ] ```