Hope your book closed: Magazine Week in Toronto busting with events

Magazine Week in Toronto is so chock full of events that it will be a wonder if any magazine work gets done.

• Magazine Canada putting on its 2nd annual MagNet conference in collaboration with the Canadian Circulation Marketing Association (CMC), the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors (CSME) and the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) is on at 89 Chestnut. This includes the Magazine Volunteer of the Year Awards luncheon, the CSME annual awards night and the PWAC awards luncheon pluls 50 professional development seminars and presentations. Marquee speakers are editor Lewis Lapham, designer Roger Black and Ian Locks, the president of Britain's Periodical Publishers Association.
  
• Magazines University, the original and rival industry conference, fronted by Masthead magazine and the Canadian Business Press (CBP) along with partners the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors (CSME) and the Independent Magazine Publishers of Ontario (IPAO) is on at the Old Mill. This includes the Canadian Newsstand Awards and Canadian Newsstand Marketer of the Year award plus the Masthead Trade Show. Marquee speakers include Peter Legge, chair of Canada Wide Media and Scott Karp, who runs the highly respected website Publishing 2.0 plus more than 30 professional development seminars.
  
• Friday night is the 31st annual National Magazine Awards gala at the Carlu.