Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
Drink the Bitter Root
September 15, 2011 at 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
| Location: | 2017 Dunton Tower |
| Cost: | Free |
| Audience: | Anyone |
| Key Contact: | Institute of African Studies |
| Contact Email: | african_studies@carleton.ca |
Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies and the Centre for Media and Transitional Societies present
Gary Geddes and Drink the Bitter Root: a writer’s search for justice and redemption in Africa
When: Thursday September 15, 2011, NEW START of 5 pm
Where: The Arts Lounge – 2017 Dunton Tower*, Carleton University
Gary Geddes has written and edited more than 40 books and has received numerous literary awards, including the British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence andChile’s Gabriela Mistral Prize. He is the author of two bestselling travel memoirs, The Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things and Sailing Home. He also recently wrote an op-ed article on Somaliland in the Globe & Mail. He lives on Thetis Island, British Columbia.