Lifetime Learning Speaker Bureau Presents
COLUM McCANN
FINDING REPAIR iN A BROKEN WORLD
Worldwide best selling author Colum McCann has written seven novels, three collections of stories and two works of non-fiction. His 2009 novel Let the Great World Spin has sold a million copies in the United States alone, and was voted on the New York Times Readers List, “100 Best Books of the 21st Century.” Apeirogon, published in 2020, became an immediate New York Times best-seller and won several major international awards.
His work has been published in over 40 languages. Colum’s newest book, Twist, will be published in March 2025.
In his talk “Finding Repair in a Broken World”, Colum will talk about his books as well as the nonprofit he founded, Narrative 4. which brings young people together from all over the world. Narrative 4 uses personal storytelling to build empathy between young people so they can improve their schools and communities. It promotes the exchange of stories as a way to connect students to each other, to break down barriers, and shatter stereotypes.
A Q&A will follow his talk