The World Without Us
Alan Weisman

Monday, September 17, 7:00 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium, Tickets $10
Arts Lover Passholders and Mountain Culture Members free.

Tickets available through the Banff Centre Box Office, Ticketmaster, and at the door.
Tickets on sale August 31.
Banff Centre Box Office: 403.762.6301

On September 17 author Alan Weisman will speak in Banff about his bestselling book The World Without Us, a critically acclaimed work that steps back from the heated environmental debates of the day, offering a wholly original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet. Weisman examines how our planet would respond without the pressures of human presence, and asks us to envision our Earth without us. He will speak about his experiences writing The World Without Us, his thoughts on the current environmental atmosphere, and answer questions from the audience.

Weisman is one of the most esteemed science writers of our time, and his book is on the New York Times Best-Sellers list.

A book sale and signing will follow the event. This is one of only two stops for Alan Weisman in western Canada. Not to be missed!

website: http://www.worldwithoutus.com

Advance Praise for
The World Without Us

“If a virulent virus — or even the Rapture — depopulated Earth overnight, how long before all trace of humankind vanished? That’s the provocative, and occasionally puckish, question posed by Weisman in this imaginative hybrid of solid science reporting and morbid speculation… From a patch of primeval forest in Poland to monumental underground villages in Turkey, Weisman’s enthralling tour of the world of tomorrow explores what little will remain of ancient times while anticipating, often poetically, what a planet without us would be like.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Weisman is a thoroughly engaging and clarion writer fueled by curiosity and determined to cast light rather than spread despair. His superbly well researched and skillfully crafted stop-you-in-your-tracks report stresses the underappreciated fact that humankind’s actions create a ripple effect across the web of life.”
— Booklist (starred review)

About the Author

Alan Weisman, author of An Echo in My Blood and Gaviotas, has written for The Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, Discover, National Public Radio and many others, and has been a contributing editor to The Los Angeles Times Magazine. A former Fulbright Senior Scholar in Colombia, he has received a Robert F. Kennedy citation for reporting on the disadvantaged, a World Hunger Year/Harry Chapin Media Award, a Four Corners Award for Best Non-fiction Book, a Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Feature Story and a Best of the West Award in Journalism. Alan Weisman lives in Massachusetts.