When: Tuesday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, fifth floor, Killam Library

Dr. James Raffan is a prolific writer, speaker, geographer and Kickass Canadian (kickasscanadians.ca/james-raffan). Over the years he has produced a number of bestselling books, including his most recent work, Circling the Midnight Sun: Culture and Change in the Invisible Arctic, which he will read from on March 10. Circling the Midnight Sun was a finalist for the 2015 BC National Non-Fiction Book Prize and named a “best book” of 2014 by the Globe and Mail.

He has also written for media outlets including Canadian Geographic, National Geographic, Explore, The Globe and Mail, as well as for CBC Radio and The Discovery Channel.

Praise for Circling the Midnight Sun:

“To me it’s the most exciting region on the planet, and while we all talk about how it, the Arctic, is being affected by climate changer, how many of us have actually been there to find out first hand?  James Raffan has and he takes “being there” very seriously – just look at where he went.  Sir John Franklin would envy this voyage! But thanks to the trip, James answers today’s big Arctic questions and you may well be surprised at some of the answers.  Circling the Midnight Sun is a fascinating read.”
—  Peter Mansbridge, Chief Correspondent and Anchor, CBC News, The National.

“James Raffan has taken an unusual and difficult journey—around the world in Arctic latitudes. In doing so, he has visited a diverse sampling of what Canadian Inuit would call “ukiuqtaqturmiut”—the people of the Arctic, an agglomeration of races, languages and cultures united only by their residence in the globe’s northern-most countries and territories. This wonderful and informative volume has given voice to their stories— human stories— often lost or ignored in a world newly-enamoured of the Arctic but increasingly focused on the physical or economic aspects of climate change.”
—  Kenn Harper, author of Give Me My Father’s Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo and In Those Days: Collected Writings on Arctic History. Volume 1: Inuit Lives.

“By tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage, James Raffan puts a human face on the circumpolar North.”
— Michael Byers, author of International Law and the Arctic & winner of the 2013 Donner Prize

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear James read and exchange ideas about one of Canada’s most mystical regions.