[All] Historians John English and Charlotte Gray in Waterloo!

Daphne NICHOLLS gordanddaph at sympatico.ca
Wed Oct 23 11:55:58 EDT 2013



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	Historians John English and Charlotte Gray in Waterloo! 
	



	


  
    


    
      
      





    
  
    
      
        
          
            
              
  

            
          
        
        
          
            
              
  We are very pleased to welcome two important Canadian thinkers and writers to Waterloo this Fall, John English and Charlotte Gray!

Both events will be held at the Main Branch of Waterloo Public Library, and Daiene Vernille from Provincewide will interview each author live, followed by Q&A. Both nights will be memorable evenings of thoughtful discussion and exciting ideas. Both events are also free, so we hope you can make it out to one or both!John English speaks about "Ice and Water: Politics, Peoples, and the Arctic Council"


Thursday October 24th, 7 pm


WPL Main Branch, 35 Albert St  Waterloo


Free event, RSVP greatly appreciated but not necessary!

Words Worth Books is very pleased to welcome back former MP and noted author John English with his new book Ice and Water, a learned and evenhanded look at the political machinations surrounding the Canadian Arctic.

English, who penned the definitive two volume Pierre Trudeau biography a few yeas back, knows the corridors of power very well and in the new book, he looks at the formation of the Arctic Council, a group of northern nations who explored the idea of responsible Arctic development and free of nuclear weapons as the Cold War began to wind down in the late 1980s. Initially a Russian proposal under Mikhail Gorbachev, this vague idea grew into an international effort shortly thereafter.


English looks at the history of the Canadian Arctic from day one and the many political footballs relative to the Canadian Arctic since the end of the Second World War. He takes a specific look at the Council under successive recent Liberal and Conservative governments with an eye toward the political and natural Northern climate. John English is an especially astute observer, whose fluid reportage and critical eye towards all political stripes is most welcome in an era of extreme partisanship.

Ice and Fire is a book that sheds light on a vast region of the country that's often an afterthought, given that almost 90% of Canadians live 100 miles or less from the border, and his ability to bring complexities into focus is both welcome and timely.

John English is a Member of the Order of Canada, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo, and served as MP for Kitchener. At the request of the Trudeau family he wrote the biography of Pierre Trudeau, both volumes of which were short-listed for the Governor-General's Non-Fiction Prize.

-- David, Co-owner, Words Worth BooksCharlotte Gray speaks about "The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master, and the Trial that Shocked a Country"


Monday November 4th, 7 pm


WPL Main Branch, 35 Albert St  Waterloo


Free event, RSVP greatly appreciated but not necessary!

About the book:

I am very impressed with Charlotte Gray's newest contribution to Canadian history, The Massey Murder.

Staged as a police procedural, sweeping you up like a well-crafted mystery novel, I couldn't put this book down. The Massey Murder follows the events of a maid who shot her employer point-blank in Toronto 1915. In the midst of all-consuming news during WW1, The Massey Murder took center stage in the media for weeks during the trial of Carrie Davies, the eighteen year old live-in domestic who quickly confessed to the crime. The prominence of the Massey family and their extensive contribution to the growing identity of Toronto (Massey Hall, etc), made this murder that much more sensational during a tumultuous time where the roles of women and domestic workers was quickly changing. I am impressed with the way Charlotte Gray weaves early newspaper media history with the beginnings of the feminist movement, science and forensics at the time, and how the first world war affected those at home, to re-create an incredibly thought-provoking story. You will still be thinking about this book, and the fate of Carrie Davies, weeks after reading it.

Charlotte Gray is a Member of the Order of Canada and has won or been nominated for most of the major non-fiction awards in Canada. She has been awarded the Pierre Berton Prize for distinguished achievement in popularizing and promoting Canadian history. She has also won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for Mrs. King: The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King.

Mandy, Co-owner, Words Worth Books

For more information (or to kindly RSVP) please do get in contact with us by replying to this email or calling the store at 519-884-2665.

            
          
        
        
          
            
              
  
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