Closer to the Land:
Freedom of Expression and the Environment

Around the world, environmental voices are being censored and suppressed.

PEN Canada, Harper Collins Canada and Toronto Public Library present a passionate panel of environmental activists.

Ken McGoogan
Biographer and historian, author of Race to the Polar Sea: the Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane. Visit Ken McGoogan's website.

Trevor Herriot
From Saskatchewan - naturalist, writer, illustrator, author of the mulitple-award-winning book River in a Dry Land, and the recently released Grass, Sky, Song, Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds. Visit Trevor Herriot's website.

Taras Grescoe
From Montreal, non-fiction writer and author of Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood. Visit Taras Grescoe's website.

Sarah Harmer
Music icon and environmental activist. Visit Sarah Harmer's website.
(photo credit Dustin Rabin)

Host: Matt Galloway, host of Here and Now on CBC Radio One. Visit Matt Galloway's website.

Toronto Reference Library, Atrium
789 Yonge St.
Friday, February 27, 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.

$10 at the door
Advanced tickets are available at Book City.