Lunch at Playwith Ian Rankin: A fundraiser for Children’s Literacy

Hosted by CBC Radio’s Alan Neal

Monday

Oct , 2011

12:00pm

Eastern

Play Food & Wine

1 York Street • Ottawa

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Lunch at Playwith Ian Rankin: A fundraiser for Children’s Literacy

Rankin is a master at what, for me, is one of the important aspects of a crime novel: the integration of setting, plot, characters and a theme which, for Rankin, is the moral dimension never far from his writing.

P.D. James

Join us for great food and a one-on-one conversation with Ian Rankin, the UK’s number 1 bestselling crime author. Tickets include a delicious lunch and a copy of The Impossible Dead.

Proceeds from this event will support the Festival’s free literacy programs: Step Into Stories (JK to Grade 3) and Think Ink (Grade 4+). Last year more than 7,000 area children participated in these important programs.

PLEASE NOTE SEATING FOR THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO 40 GUESTS.

The Authors

Ian Rankin

Sir Ian Rankin is the multimillion-copy worldwide bestseller of over thirty novels and creator of John Rebus. His books have been translated into thirty-six languages and have been adapted for radio, the stage and the screen.Rankin is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, including the Diamond Dagger, the UK's most prestigious award for crime fiction. In the United States, he has won the celebrated Edgar Award and been shortlisted for the Anthony Award. In Europe, he has won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the German Deutscher Krimipreis.He is the recipient of honorary degrees from universities across the UK, is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature and was knighted for his services to literature and charities in 2022.