Monday, October 16, 2006 7:30pm $5
Hart House, Great Hall (7 Hart House Circle)

Margaret MacMillan will discuss her latest book Nixon in China: The Week that Changed the World(on sale in October) and take questions from the audience.

In February 1972, Richard Nixon became the first American president to visit China, and his historic one-hour meeting with Mao Zedong made news around the world. The trip ended the breach between the United States and China, which had lasted since the Communist victory in 1949, and opened the door for trade, tourism, and cultural exchanges. Just as significantly, the visit changed the face of international relations from a bipolar Cold War to a three-sided struggle involving the Soviet Union, China, and the United States.

Drawing on newly available material from the United States and China, as well as interviews with all major survivors, MacMillan re-examines that fateful week and the extraordinary cast of characters. Timely, authoritative, and written with great narrative, Nixon in China is a landmark work of history.

Margaret MacMillan is the author of Women of the Raj, and the bestselling Paris 1919, which won the 2003 Governor General’s Award and several prestigious international prizes. She is the provost of Trinity College and professor of history at the University of Toronto.

Tickets are available online, via phone orders (416) 640-5836, and at our Refunds Desk (U of T Bookstore, 214 College Street, 1st floor).

We are not respoinsible for lost or stolent tickets. Tickets are non-refundable.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:30pm $5 Tickets
Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Ave.)

Renowned theoretical physicist, Lee Smolin, author of The Life of the Cosmos, Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, brings us his latest book Trouble with Physics: Rise of String Theory. Lee will be interviewed by author and host of the Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet Jay Ingram. Lee’s book argues that physics — the basis for all other sciences — has lost its way. Why is physics suddenly in trouble? And what can we do about it?

Lee Smolin earned his Ph.D. in physics at Harvard, then went on to teach at Yale and Pennsylvania State before helping to found the innovative Perimeter Institute. He is the author of The Life of the Cosmosand Three Roads to Quantum Gravity.

Jay Ingram is the host of the Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet and is the author of several bestsellers including Talk, Talk, Talk, The Science of Everyday Life and The Burning House, which won the 1995 Canadian Science Writers Book Award. He has also written three children’s books and has written and hosted several radio documentaries, including Cranial Pursuits and The Talk Show.

Tickets are available online, via phone orders (416) 640-5836, and at our Refunds Desk (U of T Bookstore, 214 College Street, 1st floor).

We are not respoinsible for lost or stolent tickets. Tickets are non-refundable.

Monday, October 16, 2006 FREE
Faculty Club (41 Willcocks Avenue), Upper Dining Room, 7:30 pm

Join Natalie MacLean reading in the University of Toronto Bookstore Reading Series, with wine at the bar a corks’ throw away. Natalie will read from her book, Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass and sign copies for attendees in the Upper Dining Room. Wine is available downstairs in The Pub. Check back here for more details…

Natalie MacLean has won numerous awards for her writing, including a prestigious MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award. Her articles have appeared in Bon Appetit, Chatelaine, Food & Wine, the National Post, and many other publications. Visit Natalie’s website at www.nataliemaclean.com.