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Politics
Non-Fiction
History
Today • 7:00pm • Fourth Stage, NAC
From the Ashes: In Conversation
with Jesse Thistle
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Politics
Non-Fiction
Wed Mar 11 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada
Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde
with Julie S. Lalonde
Free
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Sat Mar 21 • 7:00pm • Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
2020 Munro Beattie lecture
With Seth
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Non-Fiction
History
Thu Apr 16 • 7:00pm • Knox Church
Magdalena: River of Dreams
with Wade Davis
Free
Poetry
Sat Apr 18 • 5:00pm • Manx Pub
House of Anansi Poetry Bash
with Matthew Henderson, John Elizabeth Stintzi and AF Moritz
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Non-Fiction
History
Tue Apr 21 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada
The Fight for History
with Tim Cook
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