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Lena Dunham to preview book at JFL42 in Toronto

Lena Dunham, pictured in May 2014. Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images

TORONTO – Girls star and creator Lena Dunham will give a sneak peek of her new book at Toronto’s JFL42 comedy festival in September.

Organizers say the writer-actress will do a live reading from Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned’ 10 days before it hits shelves.

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The collection of essays is due out Sept. 30.

Dunham will do the live reading, as well as a Q&A and interview with Jian Ghomeshi, on Sept. 20 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts.

The third annual JFL42 fest, created by Just For Laughs, runs Sept. 18-27.

Other comedy stars in the lineup include Seth Meyers, Amy Schumer, Joe Rogan, Nick Offerman and Wanda Sykes.

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