Authors on Stage with Marc Garneau & Carol Off

Join us for another Authors on Stage event in partnership with BookLore, an evening with Marc Garneau and Carol Off. In discussion with moderator Bernadette Hardaker, we discuss their latest books, A Most Extraordinary Ride (Marc Garneau) and At A Loss For Words (Carol Off).

From the publisher (Marc Garneau):

A captivating and inspiring memoir by Canada's first man in space.

On October 5th, 1984, Marc Garneau made history. Blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle and reaching a speed of 28,000 km/hour, he became the first Canadian to fly to outer space. That monumental achievement, now etched in Canadian history as one of our country's proudest moments, inspired a nation and ushered in a new era of space exploration for Canada. Twenty-four years later, Garneau made history yet again, becoming the first astronaut to be elected as a Member of Parliament.

In between those two milestones in Garneau's unprecedented career, he was the first Canadian and the first non-American to serve as CAPCOM, the voice of Mission Control for the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle. In the years that followed his historic first voyage to space, Garneau returned to space two more times, becoming the first Canadian to log three trips into orbit, and led the Canadian Space Agency through its most dynamic years.  

From the publisher (Carol Off):

Award-winning author and broadcast journalist Carol Off digs deep into six words whose meanings have been distorted and weaponized in recent years - including democracy, freed and truth - and asks whether we can reclaim their value.

As co-host of CBC Radio's As It Happens, Carol Off spent a decade and a half talking to people in the news five nights a week. On top of her stellar writing and reporting career, those 25,000 interviews have given her a unique vantage point on the crucial subject at the heart of her new book - how, in these polarizing years, words that used to define civil society and social justice are being put to work for a completely different political agenda.

In six, wide-ranging chapters, Off explores the mutating meanings and the changing political impact of her six chosen words - freedom, democracy, truth, woke, choice and taxes - unpacking the forces, from right and left, that have altered them beyond recognition.

Tickets to this event are $35/ea - OR - Get tickets to all THREE upcoming Authors on Stage events for $90.

• Thursday September 26th; Diana Beresford-Kroeger
• Wednesday November 6th; Tanya Talaga

Join us for the moderated discussion, stay for the apres-show reception catered by one of our hospitality sponsors with food & refreshments.

The proceeds from all Authors on Stage events go to support our New Play Development Fund.

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