In this week's roundup of Toronto's literary events:Discovering the scent of the moon, political lectures as theatre scripts, copyright and fair use, and a whole lot more screaming at the Scream Festival.

Tuesday, July 8

We've writtena lot aboutauthor and illustratorPatricia Storms before here onblogTO, but if you haven't had the chance to check out her work just yet, she'll be at TPL's Barbara Frum Branch this afternoon at 2pmas part of the Toronto Public Library Summer Reading Club.

Also on Tuesday:

• Heather Haley, Terence Go, and Luciano Iacobelli feature at theArt Bar Poetry SeriesatClinton'sat 8pm.
• TheLexiconjury Reading Series returns as part of the Scream Festival, featuring individual and collaborative poetry, atThe Pilotat 8pm.
  

Wednesday, July 9

This is Not a Reading Series, Pages Books, and Eye Weekly join forces with the Scream Festival to present "Skye or Miranda or Verandah" at theGladstone Hotelat 8pm. As part of the event, artists from a range of disciplines will use Kevin Connolly's "Plenty" as inspiration for new texts, songs, visual art installations, and films.

Also on Wednesday:

• Science fans from across the city are invited to attendthe launch of Eva Everything'sWhat Does the Moon Smell Like? 151 Astounding Science QuizzesatNicholas Hoare Booksat 7pm.
  

Thursday, July 10

Tightrope Books, established in this city three years ago to help bring urban, subversive, and out-of-the-mold books to the city,launches three new booksatThe Trane Studioat 7:30pm. The launch features readings from the new works by David Clink, Ursula Pflug, and Dayle Furlong.

Also on Thursday:

• The Scream Festival features a special keynotearound fair use and copyright for writers and other artists atThe Boatat 7pm.
• Bestselling author David Sedarissigns copies of his newest book在Indigo宏利t 7pm.
• Pages Books and Mongrel Medialaunch the DVD forLate Fragment, and interactive filmwe've written about on blogTO before, atTattoo Rock Parlourat 8pm.
  

Friday, July 11

Acclaimed poets Camille Martin, Harmony Rice and Monica Rosas take the stage as part ofa special event by the Scream Festival in collaboration with the Toronto Women's Bookstore. The readings, which will touch on issues of language, power, the body, and belonging, kick off at theToronto Women's Bookstoreat 7pm.

Also on Friday:

• If you missed David Sedaris on Thursday, he'll beback for another signing tonight, this time at Ben McNally Books at 8pm.
• The Type Salon Series, as part of the Scream Festival,presents a Fanfilm & Machinima NightatTYPE Booksat 11pm.
  

Saturday, July 12

TheScream Festival celebrates another successful year in Torontowith their closing gala hosted by indie-pop group The Bicycles. Expect artists featured at this year's Scream and years past to make an appearance. The even goes down atRevivalat 8pm.

Sunday, July 13

Poetry & Politics, part of the Scream Festival, is a 'different' theatre production that uses Jack Spicer's last lecture from July 14, 1965 (complete with the annotations by Peter Gizzi's published version) as a script. Definitely not normal theatre material. The production takes place on the patio in front ofThis Ain't the Rosedale Libraryat 2pm.

Also on Sunday:

• Composer Paul Swoger-Ruston collaborates with three poets to create musical works based on their writing as part ofAural Transl(oc)ationsat Array Studios at 7pm.
  

Monday, July 14

It's almost impossible to ignore theScream in High Park, which goes down at the Dream Stage in High Park starting at 7pm. The event will feature readings, musical performance, DJ sets, and a whole lot more. It's all hosted by the always-amazing Misha Glouberman.

Also on Monday:

• I can almost guarantee that you'll be hearing a lot aboutGrownups Read Things They Wrote as Kidslater this week on blogTO. It all goes down at the Gladstone at 8pm.