Vancouver Writers Fest. Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation
From New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell comes his most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence
Date/Time: Nov 24 2026, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Vancouver, Vancouver Playhouse | Event calendar600 Hamilton St
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Cost: $45.00
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In The American Way of Killing, Gladwell explores the American “peculiarity”—how the world’s wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world’s poorest countries.
Drawing on original interviews, archival and social science research, and his trademark insight, Gladwell approaches the American paradox through a series of stories. In a sweeping narrative that travels across the United States, Gladwell paints a picture of a country that does not understand its most pressing social problem, and as result, does not understand how to fix it. A member of the Order of Canada and one of TIME’s 100 most influential people, Gladwell is widely recognized as one of our leading thinkers today. He speaks with CBC’s Stephen Quinn. Books will be for sale at the event from Book Warehouse, a division of Black Bond Books.
Participants and Speakers
Malcolm Gladwell
MALCOLM GLADWELL is the author of eight New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath, Talking to Strangers, The Bomber Mafia, and Revenge of the Tipping Point. He is also the cofounder of Pushkin Industries, an audio-content company that produces Revisionist History, among other podcasts and audiobooks. (CANADA/USA)
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