The Meaford Public Library, Friends of Meaford Library, and Random House Canada will present legendary broadcaster and bestselling author Carol Off on Monday, November 9 at 7 p.m. at the Meaford Hall Arts and Cultural Centre, as she discusses her latest book True Patriot Love: Reporting from the Frontlines of Canadian Sovereignty in conversation with Christopher Thomas.
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.
Since she stepped down from CBC’s As It Happens, Carol Off has been on the road talking to Canadians about their country and listening to their questions about its future. True Patriot Love is an urgent, timely, and powerful primer on who we are as Canadians, where we’re going, what role Canada is destined to play on the world stage, and why Canada is becoming a beacon of hope in an age of cynicism.
Off takes us on a journey through that history, weaving it with personal experiences to finally reveal, as she says, “How I learned to truly, patriotically, love this country.”
Tickets are $40 per person (plus tax and service charges), which includes a signed copy of True Patriot Love. Off will be available after the event to personalize them. Tickets are selling fast! Get yours today by visiting the Meaford Hall Arts and Cultural Centre, calling the Meaford Hall box office at 877-538-0463, or online at www.meaford.ca/MeafordHall.
For more information about the event please contact the Meaford Public Library at 519-538-3500 or email libraryinfo@meford.ca.
