London Reads Celebration - April 30

Established, in 2003, the University launched Western Reads in London to celebrate Western’s 125th anniversary. 

Drawing on its success in the first year and to engage more people in the city, the program’s name changed to London Reads in 2005. Since then, London Reads has connected a loyal following of readers from the campus to the community in discussions of 33 books by Canadian writers, including Alistair McLeod, Joan Barfoot, Douglas Coupland and Joseph Boyden. During the last six years, more than 60 celebrity readers, including Paul Davenport, Mike Atkinson, and Larry Haylor from Western, and Anne Marie DeCicco-Best, Joni Baechler and Paul Berton from the community, have led the way at book discussions and debates. 

This year, celebrity readers, including Gitta Kulczycki, Jonathan Vance and Penn Kemp, hosted discussions at the Central Library in downtown London. The reading list featured Ragged Company by Richard Wagamese, Good To a Fault by Marina Endicott and The Outlander by Gil Adamson. 

 

Event information:

 

When: Friday, April 30,  5 to 7 p.m.

Where: Wolf Performance Hall, Central Library, 251 Dundas St., London

Tickets:  $10/$8 for students

To buy tickets or for more information, visit www.londonreads.uwo.ca