The Writer's Room with Ian Brown
October to January
Globe and Mail journalist Ian Brown interviews
prominent authors about their bodies of work.
About Ian Brown
Ian Brown has hosted cultural programs for TVOntario and CBC Radio One, including Human Edge, Talking Books and Sunday Morning. He has also written for Maclean's, the Financial Post, The Globe and Mail and Saturday Night, and contributed to NPR's This American Life. Brown has also published two books, Freewheeling and Man Overboard. His latest book, The Boy in the Moon, will be published by Random House Canada on Sept. 22, 2009.
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.
Featured Authors
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Douglas Coupland
Author, screenwriter, artist, social critic: meet the man who defined a
generation.
Wednesday September 23, 2009, 7 p.m.
Cash bar reception, 6 p.m.
Books will be for sale at this event
About Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland has studied art and design in Vancouver, Canada, Milan, Italy and Sapporo, Japan. His first novel, Generation X, was published in March of 1991. Since then he has published ten novels and several non-fiction books in 35 languages and most countries on earth. He has written and performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, England, and in 2001 resumed his practice as a visual artist, with exhibitions in North America, Europe and Asia. His next novel, Generation A, will be published in the UK, Canada and US in fall of 2009. |
Photo Credit: Graham Jepson | Antony Beevor
The world-renowned military historian and author (Stalingrad, The Battle for Spain) turns his attention to D-Day.
Thursday October 22, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Books will be for sale at this event
About Antony Beevor
Antony Beevor has published four novels and eight books of non-fiction, including such best-selling and award-winning titles as Stalingrad (1998) and The Battle for Spain - The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (2006). His most recent book, D-Day - The Battle for Normandy, published in June 2009, has been a Number 1 bestseller in five countries, including the UK and France. |
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Francine Prose
The author of A Changed Man and Reading Like a Writer discusses her new book, Anne
Frank: the Book, the Life, the Afterlife.
Wednesday November 18, 2009, 7 p.m.
Books will be for sale at this event
About Francine Prose
Francine Prose is the author of fifteen books of fiction, including Blue Angel, which
was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the nonfiction New York Times
bestseller Reading Like a Writer. Her latest novel, Goldengrove, was published in
September 2008. She is the president of PEN American Center. She lives in New York City. |
