Yann Martel, author of “The Life of Pi” will be at UBC next week. He’ll be giving an illustrated talk that features new illustrations from his award winning novel. This special event is organized by the Vancouver International Writers Festival.
Yann Martel
7:30 pm Tuesday December 4
Frederic Wood Theatre
tickets $15, students $13
Joanne often gets really excited when she talks about Science. Luckily, she works in the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory, the educational arm of the Michael Smith Labs. She likes all kinds of science but has a special spot in her heart for biology, technology, and well, sports. As a scientist and educator at UBC, she hopes that she never becomes so specialized that she loses her global perspective. (When she gets around to writing an intro post, I'm sure that she'll link to it here).
6 Responses to “The Life of Pi”
Jen
Isn’t it “Yann” Martel and not “Jann” Martel?
David Ng
Thanks Jen, Changed it.
cheers, Dave
Sabz
I would go if it were free, but $13? I don’t know why they are charging so much.
I saw Yann Martel on TV the other day and he was talking about how he sends Stephen Harper a new book every two weeks in hopes of giving him a greater appreciation for the arts. I thought it was absolutely hilarious. Check it out here: http://www.whatisstephenharperreading.ca/
Hi Blake, thanks for the link! I remember hearing about the idea as a way to make a statement about support for the arts in Canada but I hadn’t seen the full list of books. Yann’s comments in his letters to Harper are awesome. It would be fun to host a book club based on the list.
Churmy Fan
I went to the talk and it was Hilarious! the new edition of the Life of Pi has some beautiful illustrations in it. Apparently Yann Martel sends a letter along with each book. One of harper’s assistants replied to the first one saying thanks and wishes him (Martel) good luck in future endeavours. He’s heard silence from then on.
Yann Martel is releasing a new book soon about a donkey and a monkey(?) that live on a shirt which is supposed to represent a country. I have some great feelings about this one.
Yann Martel, author of “The Life of Pi” will be at UBC next week. He’ll be giving an illustrated talk that features new illustrations from his award winning novel. This special event is organized by the Vancouver International Writers Festival.
6 Responses to “The Life of Pi”
Isn’t it “Yann” Martel and not “Jann” Martel?
Thanks Jen, Changed it.
cheers, Dave
I would go if it were free, but $13? I don’t know why they are charging so much.
I saw Yann Martel on TV the other day and he was talking about how he sends Stephen Harper a new book every two weeks in hopes of giving him a greater appreciation for the arts. I thought it was absolutely hilarious. Check it out here: http://www.whatisstephenharperreading.ca/
Hi Blake, thanks for the link! I remember hearing about the idea as a way to make a statement about support for the arts in Canada but I hadn’t seen the full list of books. Yann’s comments in his letters to Harper are awesome. It would be fun to host a book club based on the list.
I went to the talk and it was Hilarious! the new edition of the Life of Pi has some beautiful illustrations in it. Apparently Yann Martel sends a letter along with each book. One of harper’s assistants replied to the first one saying thanks and wishes him (Martel) good luck in future endeavours. He’s heard silence from then on.
Yann Martel is releasing a new book soon about a donkey and a monkey(?) that live on a shirt which is supposed to represent a country. I have some great feelings about this one.