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Attend the 2024 CBC Massey Lectures in Victoria

Join novelist and poet Ian Williams at the 2024 CBC Massey Lectures in Victoria, B.C. this fall!

CBC Massey Lectures | October 19

Ian Williams
Ian Williams is an award-winning author and poet. In his 2024 Massey Lectures, he explores: what makes good communication, and how do we restore the lost art of conversation? (House of Anansi Press / Justin Morris)

The CBC Massey Lectures are back this fall, and they're coming to Victoria, B.C. on October 19!

This year, novelist and poet Ian Williams wants to start a conversation about conversations. He says we need to address how civic and civil discourse has deteriorated.

His 2024 Massey Lectures are called What I Mean to Say: Remaking Conversation In Our Time. Both serious and playful at the same time, Williams suggests that we need to realize that one-half of our conversations is, in fact, listening.

In October, Williams will visit five Canadian provinces for live recordings of his Massey Lectures. The cities are: Sydney, Iqaluit, Saskatoon, Victoria and Toronto. The series will be broadcast on CBC Radio's IDEAS and be made available as a podcast and onCBC Listen in November.

Tickets are now on sale through the theatre box offices.

Victoria | Saturday, October 19

7 p.m.

McPherson Playhouse
3 Centennial Square
Victoria, BC V8W 1P5

250.386.6121
tickets@rmts.bc.ca

Buy tickets here

For more information, please visit cbc.ca/masseys.

2024 CBC Massey Lectures