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Unless otherwise noted, all events are free. Doors open an hour before the event. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Light food and beverages will be available for sale from 6 - 6:45 p.m.

Greg Mortenson

Greg Mortenson

The best-selling author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools talks about his continuing efforts to promote peace through education.
Wednesday January 13, 7 p.m.
Books will be for sale at this event

Tickets to this program are sold out. You can still watch the event via closed-circuit broadcast in the Toronto Reference Library's main floor atrium, free of charge. Book-signing after the event will be open to all.

*All proceeds from this event will be donated to:
Pennies for Peace
Help raise funds to build a school in Afghanistan.
Toronto Public Library Foundation
Help support literacy programs at Toronto Public Library.

About Greg Mortenson
Greg Mortenson is the recipient of Pakistan’s highest civil award (The Star of Pakistan) for his sixteen years of work to promote education and peace. The cofounder of the Central Asia Institute—which now boasts 131 schools educating 58,000 students, 40,000 of whom are girls—and Pennies for Peace, he lives in Montana with his family.

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