Fire and Ashes: One on One with Michael Ignatieff

Hosted by Craig Oliver, Chief Political Correspondent, CTV News

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Date
Admission
Free
Date
Wednesday
Oct , 2013
9
7:00pm
Eastern
Southminster United Church
15 Aylmer Avenue • Ottawa
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Fire and Ashes: One on One with Michael Ignatieff

The shelves are full of memoirs written by successful politicians, painting their careers with the rosy glow of battles won. Michael Ignatieff tells a very different tale: of humility, self-discovery, and human connection. It is a book that plumbs the essence of politics, one that all voters and the leaders who would represent them should read.

Anne-Marie Slaughter, Princeton University

We welcome renowned author and former Liberal Party of Canada leader, Michael Ignatieff back to the Writers Festival for a stirring meditation on contemporary politics and the lessons he learned in defeat. 

 

Join the conversation between Craig Oliver and Michael Ignatieff on what it is to be a citizen and why, even in today's adversarial climate, the aspirations of the political life can still outweigh the costs. His new book, Fire and Ashes, is not just for Canadians concerned about the future of the Liberal Party, but for all citizens concerned about the future of Canada and of political discourse in today's increasingly partisan world.  

 

Copies of Fire and Ashes and selected backlist titles will be available on-site. A booksigning will follow the event.

 

The Authors

Michael Ignatieff

Michael Ignatieff

Michael Ignatieff was born and educated in Toronto. He gained a doctorate in history at Harvard and has held academic posts there and at Cambridge, Oxford, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of London and the London School of Economics. His critically-acclaimed books include The Russian Album and Scar Tissue. His 6-part documentary series, Blood and Belonging, on nationalism, was shown on BBC2, CBC and PBS, and went on to win major awards in Canada and the United States. Ignatieff's writings have appeared in all the leading journals of Britain and North America, and he was for several years director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. At the end of 2005 he returned to his native Canada and entered the political arena, being elected a Liberal Member of Parliament and subsequently becoming leader of the party before stepping down after the election of 2011. He teaches human rights and politics at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.  

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