Octopus Books is hosting two book events of interest in the coming weeks.
On Thursday June 4th Jeff Rubin will be at Centretown United Church at 507 Bank Street at 7pm to talk about his new book The Carbon Bubble.
For more information and tickets for the Jeff Rubin event please visit the event page at Octopus Books.
On Friday June 19th David Suzuki will be at Centretown United Church at 507 Bank Street at 7pm to talk about his new book Letters to My Grandchildren.
For more information and tickets for the David Suzuki event please visit the event page at Octopus Books.
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