At a Loss for Words: Conversation in the Age...

"At a Loss for Words: Conversation in the Age of Rage"

Join FIMS and the Faculty of Arts & Humanities for this special event to mark the launch of Carol Off's recently published book, At a Loss for Words: Conversation in the Age of Rage.

Carol Off will discuss her latest work in conversation with Michelle Shephard, award-winning journalist and author.

All are welcome to attend this event.

Bio: Carol Off spent almost sixteen years co-hosting the multi-award-winning CBC radio program, As It Happens. Before that, she covered news and current affairs in Canada and around the world. As a radio correspondent, she reported on politics in Ottawa and Quebec. As a television journalist, she covered the break-up of Yugoslavia; the 9/11 attack on the United States; the election of Vladimir Putin; and politics, conflicts and culture throughout Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Africa. Her first bestselling book, The Lion, The Fox and the Eagle: A Story of Generals and Justice in Yugoslavia and Rwanda, was published in 2000. Since then, she’s written three more award-winning works of narrative non-fiction, including, most recently, All We Leave Behind: A Reporter’s Journey into the Lives of Others, winner of the British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. (Bio pulled from Indigo)

Bio: Michelle Shephard is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, author and podcast host and producer who has covered issues of terrorism and civil rights since the 9/11 attacks. During her two decades at the Toronto Star, she reported from more than 20 countries, including Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Pakistan and went behind the wire at the U.S. Naval Prison, Guantanamo Bay more than two dozen times. She is a three-time recipient of the National Newspaper Award; and the Governor-General’s Michener Award for public service journalism, and the author of Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr, and Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism’s Grey Zone. (Bio pulled from michelleshephard.ca)

Carol's headshot by Kevin Kelly.