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A Toronto-based vacation learning program that works closely with the Great Books Foundation to offer travel in conjunction with Shared Inquiry discussions.

Events Around the Country

This is a rundown of upcoming Great Books events in the United States and Canada. Most of these are organized by Great Books Regional Councils; some are organized by related organizations. Click the links for further details and to register for the events.

February 5: Tampa Bay Great Books Winter Conference (Zoom)
- Readings: Elizabeth Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents; NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
February 5-6: New England Great Books Winter Weekend (Zoom)
- Theme: The Tie That Binds
- Readings: Colm Toibin, Brooklyn: A Novel; A Novel; Edwidge Danticat, Everything Inside
February 19: San Francisco Mini-Retreat (Zoom)
- Readings: Homer, The Iliad Books 22-24; David Malouf, Ransom
April 22-24: Barbara McConnell Weekend at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA
- Readings: Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran; Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth; Aristophanes, Lysistrata; selected poetry
April 29-May 1: New England Great Books - Spring Retreat, Litchfield, CT
- Theme: The Immigrant Experience
- Readings: Anzia Yezierska, "America and I"; Edwidge Danticat, Brother I'm Dying; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah; Willa Cather, My Antonia
- For further info, contact Alexis DesRoches at newenglandgreatbooks@gmail.com
May 14: Philadelphia Great Books Spring Institute (Zoom)
- Readings: Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Deep North; Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North
July 17-23: Great Books at Colby, Waterville, ME
- Theme: Authenticity
- Readings: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature & Self-Reliance; Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man; Walker Percy, The Moviegoer; Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Magda Szabo, The Door; Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
November 12-13: Northern California Great Books Poetry Weekend (Zoom)
- Theme: Why Poetry?