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Plus, translations of that lecture will be available in Inuktitut.

Looking forward to co-leading some workshops in Iqaluit as part of the CBC Massey Lecture tour. We're planning to do some cool things at every location. And if you have ideas, reach out.

The Cabot Trail Writers Festival in Cape Breton runs from Oct 4 to Oct 6. I can't find it on X and I'm not participating in the festival but doesn't it look like something that's been too well kept a secret? cabottrailwritersfestival.com

Here's the vibe on stage for the first CBC Massey Lecture in Sydney, NS. It'll be part lecture, part theatre. We have local talent from CBC Cape Breton reading parts. We're not gonna have your average lecture for these Massey's.

Ian Williams Ian Williams will be in Toronto for the final leg of the #CBCMasseyLectures on October 29 at KoernerHall. Get your tickets: rcmusic.com/tickets/seats/… We look forward to hosting the #booklaunch today at 4:00pm. House of Anansi Press CBC CBC Radio CBC Radio's Ideas

Another signing dump! ✍️ Ian Williams, Kate Camp, Tasneem Jamal, and A. F. Moritz dropped by the office to sign copies of their books. Learn more about their work at HouseofAnansi.com.

It's my book's birthday! From 1961 to the present, what a collection of ideas the Massey Lectures have given Canada!

If you'll be in New York in November:

Thanks to The Walrus for publishing this excerpt from the 2024 Massey Lectures. The lectures are about conversation, sure, and also about friendship, strangers, loneliness, and much more.

Join us in Toronto for the final Massey Lecture with Nahlah Ayed and a couple of surprises.

This week’s writing tip comes from Griffin Poetry Prize Trustee and 2024 CBC Massey Lecturer, Ian Williams (Ian Williams). His poetry collection, 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙨, was shortlisted for the 2013 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Tuesday night. A U of T alumni reading. It'll be a book tasting.

The Massey Lectures aftershow. I'll be in Guelph on Tuesday Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. Grab someone you haven't seen in a while and make an evening out of it.

So much to talk about in the US tonight. Please join us.

The Massey Lectures begin their broadcast life tonight on CBC. I hope it gives you something to discuss. Here's how to listen: cbc.ca/radio/ideas/th…

cbc.ca/radio/ideas/ma… Here's an interview I did with Nahlah Ayed during the Massey tour. You can play it in the background while you "work." Nahlah takes conversations to interesting places better than anyone!

Massey Lecture 1 here. Lecture 2 airs tonight on CBC Ideas.

This week’s Bookworm makes a splash! Read Adrian Ma on Ian Williams’s “What I Mean to Say” (House of Anansi Press), Caroline Noël on Georgia Toews’s “Nobody Asked for This” (Doubleday Canada), and The Eccentric Wallflower on Matt Scace’s “Jasper on Fire” (Sutherland House). reviewcanada.substack.com/p/bookworm-no-…