The Globe and Mail Open House Festival - May 8-10, 2009
May 9-10
SATURDAY-SUNDAY
Hart House Great Hall
Tickets
Available online at www.uofttix.ca or over the phone through the U of T Tix Box Office line (416) 978-8849.
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Join us for an extraordinary weekend of words and ideas in support of PEN Canada and Frontier College.
The Globe and Mail Open House Festival will bring together the very best writers and thinkers from Canada and around the world for a unique program of readings and discussions that will provoke, entertain, and enlighten.
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May 9
SATURDAY
Hart House Great Hall (all SAT events)
Noon
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Stuart McLean
Christian Lander
(Regretfully, Rick Mercer has had to cancel his appearance at the Festival.)
$15 general admission
2pm
“Notes from the Field”
A Conversation with James Orbinski, James Maskalyk, and Prabhat Jha.
$15 general admission
4pm
Zoe Heller
Nino Ricci
Elizabeth Hay
Wayson Choy
$15 general admission
8pm
Calvin Trillin
Miriam Toews
David Rakoff
Jay McInerney
$15 general admission
May 10
SUNDAY
Hart House Great Hall (all SUN events)
1:30pm
“A Crisis in Leadership”
A conversation with John Ralston Saul, Margaret MacMillan, Naomi Klein, and Adam Gopnik.
SOLD OUT
4pm
“The Planet in the Balance”
A conversation with Thomas Homer-Dixon, Gwynne Dyer, and Jeff Rubin.
$15 general admission
8pm
Anne Michaels
Ha Jin
David Wroblewski
Joseph O’Neill (moved from May9)
TBC
$15 general admission
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Open House festival website
