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Another Story Bookshop and Owlkids Books present the Toronto Launch for:
The Art of the Possible: An Everyday Guide to Politics
Written by Edward Keenan
Illustrated by Julie McLaughlin
Wednesday September 30th @ 7pm
Another Story Bookshop
315 Roncesvalles Avenue at Grenadier
Free – all welcome, especially tweens, teens, parents and educators
Our entrance is wheelchair accessible but with regrets not our bathroom
We all know what a politician looks like, right? Theyre old people who wear suits and make long, boring speeches full of indecipherable words. Not so fast! As The Art of the Possible explains, everyone is a politician even young people who arent yet eligible to vote. We all have influence over how politics function.
But what are politics, and why do we need them? This book answers the universal query in nine short chapters that explain everything from why we form societies and the basic types of governments to the power of public opinion, methods of rhetoric and the reasons why politicians lie.
Written in an accessible, conversational voice and packed with anecdotes and case studies from across history and around the world, this book helps foster independent thought and curiosity about how a government works or doesnt work. Readers will come away equipped with the knowledge they need to understand current events and elections, and maybe even be empowered to civic action themselves.
Edward Keenan is a writer working in Toronto, Ontario. An eight-time National Magazine Award finalist, he was a Senior Editor for Eye Weekly and The Grid, and is now a City Politics columnist for The Toronto Star. His first book, Some Great Idea, a study of the political history of Toronto, was published by Coach House Books in 2013. He hosts The Keenan Wire Radio Program weekly on CIUT 89.5 FM.
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