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Don’t miss this special opportunity to hear Michael Ondaatje discuss his return to poetry with A Year of Last Things. The new collection explores themes of displacement, memory and cultural intersections through intimate moments and fragments of his life. Born in Sri Lanka and now living in Toronto, Ondaatje reflects on his life as a writer, traveller and watcher of the world with the same beauty, gentleness and evocative storytelling that has captured readers for decades. Join us for this personal deep dive with one of Canada’s literary giants!

Moderator: Randy Boyagoda

Generously supported by the Marilyn and Charles Baillie Family Foundation and the L’Heureux Family Foundation.

A Year of Last Things: Poems

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Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje is the author of seven novels, a memoir, a non-fiction book on film and several books of poetry. His novel The English Patient won the Booker Prize in 1992 and became a major motion picture that won nine Academy Awards, including Best Film; Anil's Ghost won the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Prix Médicis.

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