Ted Barris

On Thursday, Oct. 16, Ted Barris will make a special presentation at Festival Place, in Sherwood Park, Alberta, based on his latest book – The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 360-foot-long tunnel, code-named “Harry.” Most slipped into the darkness of a pine forest […]

LitFest: Edmonton's Nonfiction Festival features Ted Barris twice - Thursday at Festival Place, Friday at the Alberta Aviation Museum. On Friday, Oct. 17, Ted Barris helps kick-off the annual Edmonton LitFest. It's his first time as a participant in the annual festival of non-fiction writing. The festival has not only invited Ted to join as […]

On Saturday, Sept. 27, Ted Barris will be featured in the first of two appearances at the International Festival of Authors at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre. On Saturday, Oct. 25 at 4 p.m., Ted will join authors Adam Foulds, Robert Glancy and David Macfarlane and read from/talk about his national bestselling book, The Great Escape: A […]

On Saturday, Nov. 1, Ted Barris will speak to Canadian Aviation Historical Society (Toronto branch) about his latest book – The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 360-foot-long tunnel, code-named “Harry.” Most slipped into the darkness of a pine forest beyond the wire of […]

On Sunday, Nov. 2, Ted Barris makes his second appearance at the International Festival of Authors at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre. At 2 p.m., Ted will join authors Hugh Brewster and Jack Granatstein in a roundtable discussion, entitled "How we remember war." Ted will draw some of his thoughts from his national bestselling book, The Great Escape: […]

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Ted Barris makes a return appearance in the brand new downtown Kitchener Public Library. Last year, he brought the story of The Great Escape. This time, in the 70th anniversary year of D-Day, Ted will talk about the Canadian role in the invasion. On June 6, 1944, nearly 15,000 Canadians — […]

Just before Remembrance Day, on Thursday, Nov. 6, Ted Barris will speak to a combined audience of Barrie Rotary Clubs about his latest book – The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 360-foot-long tunnel, code-named “Harry.” Most slipped into the darkness of a pine […]

As Remembrance Day approaches, Ted Barris returns to St. John's York Mills Anglican Church to speak to the men's dinner about his latest book – The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 360-foot-long tunnel, code-named “Harry.” Most slipped into the darkness of a pine […]

As Canadians continue to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War and the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the liberation of Europe in the Second World War, St. George's Cathedral has a unique Remembrance event for residents in the Kingston area. On Sunday, Nov. 9, the Cathedral choir has invited […]

On Remembrance Day, Ted Barris will speak to Durham Lifelong Learning about his latest book – The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 360-foot-long tunnel, code-named “Harry.” Most slipped into the darkness of a pine forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German […]