Relevant Writer's Festival Talks
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http://www.writersfestival.org/events.html
See the website to verify information.
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All events take place at Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts and Humanities, 314 Saint Patrick Street (at the corner of Cumberland), unless otherwise noted.
Tickets for individual events are available online, from our Box Office at 613-562-1243, or visit Nicholas Hoare Books (419 Sussex Drive), Octopus Books (116 Third Ave.) or Collected Works (1242 Wellington St. West.)
There is an online Discussion Board for discussion and debate about any of our events and authors - click here to join the conversation.
Our new home is at the historic Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts and Humanities in the heart of Ottawa's Byward Market. This spectacular heritage building was constructed by the same labourers who built Lowertown and the Rideau Canal. Opened as a church in 1890, Saint Brigid's features Tudor fan vaults with pendants, stunning murals, and period stained glass windows. This wonderful setting contributes to unique inspiration and dialogue with the world's leading imaginations.
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wednesday, october 14
8:30 PM
•ONE ON ONE WITH TIM FLANNERY
Hosted by Jay Ingram
Tickets: $15 / $10 Student or Senior
Free for Festival Members and Carleton Students
"What is our purpose as a species? How does the Earth work?"
Tim Flannery is one of Australia’s leading thinkers and writers. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, Tim’s books include the definitive ecological histories of Australia (The Future Eaters) and North America (The Eternal Frontier). He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers. As a field zoologist he has discovered and named more than thirty new species of mammals (including two tree-kangaroos) and at 34 he was awarded the Edgeworth David Medal for Outstanding Research. His pioneering work in New Guinea prompted Sir David Attenborough to put him in the league of the world’s great explorers and the writer Redmond O’Hanlon to remark, “He’s discovered more new species than Charles Darwin.”
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FRIday, October 23
NOON
•THE BIG IDEA: THE DEATH OF GLOBALIZATION
With Gordon Laird
Gordon Laird investigates the true cost of our bargain economy - and the end of consumerism as we know it.
6:30 PM
•THE BIG IDEA: CYCLING AND THE LIVABLE CITY
Featuring David Byrne with Jeb Brugmann
David Byrne, the renowned musician, visual artist and author, leads a discussion on urban living and alternative transportation, featuring Marie Lemay from the National Capital Commission, author and urban theorist Jeb Brugmann, and Roger Plamondon from Montreal's innovative bike sharking system BIXI.
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monday, October 26
NOON
•THE BIG IDEA: DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS
With Elizabeth May and John Ibbitson
Hosted by Alison Buchanan
How democratic is out democracy? In Losing Confidence, Canada's Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, shares her perspective on the problems and the solutions. In Open and Shut, Washington correspondent John Ibbitson compares our system with that of the United States, asking why they have Obama and we have Harper.