"Best-selling Canadian author Yann Martel, worried about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's apparent lack of interest in the arts, sent him a book on Monday and said he would continue doing so once a fortnight. Martel, who wrote the novel "Life of Pi," was upset that Harper had paid no attention during a recent parliamentary ceremony to honor Canadian artists." Read the rest of the Reuters story here. Follow Martel's Harper book campaign here. Via the Arts Journal.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Literacy for Leaders
"Best-selling Canadian author Yann Martel, worried about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's apparent lack of interest in the arts, sent him a book on Monday and said he would continue doing so once a fortnight. Martel, who wrote the novel "Life of Pi," was upset that Harper had paid no attention during a recent parliamentary ceremony to honor Canadian artists." Read the rest of the Reuters story here. Follow Martel's Harper book campaign here. Via the Arts Journal.
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