Event Advisory - Wade Davis and John Vaillant in Conversation

TORONTO, May 8, 2014 /CNW/ - On May 22, anthropologist Wade Davis and award-winning author John Vaillant will discuss the role of a writer in a changing world, at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario.

Davis and Vaillant will consider the ethics of storytelling, reportage and bearing witness in the twenty-first century. Karen Connelly will moderate the conversation.

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What:	Still Points in a Turning World
	Wade Davis and John Vaillant in conversation
Where:	Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario  317 Dundas street west, Toronto
When:	Thursday, May 22, 2014, 7 p.m.
Who:	Wade Davis is Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society. He is the author of 15 books, including The Serpent and the Rainbow, The Wayfinders and Into the Silence.
	John Vaillant's work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and National Geographic, among others. He is the author of The Golden Spruce and The Tiger.
	Karen Connelly is the author of 10 books of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Much of her work explores linguistic and cultural immersion, dissident politics, and exile.

Tickets $25. All proceeds to PEN Canada.

Full event information available at: 
http://pencanada.ca/events-info/ideas-in-dialogue-wade-davis-and-john-vaillant/

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SOURCE: PEN Canada

For further information and media tickets: Juanita Bawagan, [email protected] 416-703-8448 EXT?21