Despite the daily headlines, wars raging around the world can seem unreal and irrelevant to our lives. Two authors who’ve seen the fighting and its aftermath up close help us understand how those conflicts matter to us all.
Date/Time: Oct 19 2016, 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Vancouver, The Waterfront TheatreAge: Grad
Cost: $17.00
Sarah Glidden, Kevin Patterson
Graphic novelist Sarah Glidden found an audience with her first book How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less. She’s back with Rolling Blackouts, looking at how the lives of refugees from the Iraq war have been altered by the war, and how those changes are reported by journalists. Writer and practising doctor Kevin Patterson joined the Canadian army to pay for medical school. After serving for nine years, Patterson drew on his experiences working in Afghanistan for News From the Red Desert, a novel about a war correspondent.
Note: Changes have been made to this event since the program was printed. The event now takes place in Waterfront Theatre.
Suitable for Grades 10-12 and adults.
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