RECLAIMING THE COMMONS
Presented by the Canada Council for the Arts
Menzies allies herself with other critics of the disintegrating social fabric: Hannah Arendt on democracy, Rachel Carson on the environment, Jane Jacobs on the city, and Naomi Klein on corporations... In many ways, the book is a polemic, an articulate one that everyone needs to hear
Join master of ceremonies Sean Wilson at the Archives for an evening of literary conversation. Heather Menzies, 2015 winner of the Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction for her book Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good, will be interviewed by Peter Schneider on a range of topics and initiatives relevant to our times, including food security, climate change, and community renewal, which together form a unified vision of our common future. Audience participation and a book-signing will follow.
