 Photo by Nigel Beale / Flickr | | 2,054 (2,242) | 33 | 10,763 |  (3.82) | 1 | 0 | Margaret Visser is the author of three previous books: "Much Depends on Dinner", "Rituals of Dinner", & "The Way We Are". She lives in Barcelona. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners … (more) |
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Margaret Visser has 2 past events. (show) Margaret Visser Margaret VisserMargaret Visser Signing 'Gift of Thanks' In town as part of the University of Saskatchewan’s Whelen Visiting Lectureship (Tuesday, February 23 at 7:00 pm in the Neatby Timlin Theatre – 241 Arts) Margaret Visser will be signing copies of her thought provoking and insightful books. Whether her subject is the food on your dinner plate or your table manners, Margaret Visser has been able, in five award-winning works of nonfiction, to uncover and explain the intriguing and unexpected meanings of everyday objects and habits. (JKWood)… (more) Ottawa International Writers Festival Margaret Visser reads from The Gift of Thanks. The Gift of Thanks With Margaret Visser At St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts and Humanities $15 General, $10 Student or Senior, Free for Members
Margaret Visser, the award-winning author of Much Depends on Dinner and The Geometry of Love, shares her exploration of gratitude as a key to understanding the assumptions, hopes, preferences and fears that underlie our everyday behaviour. Her new book, The Gift of Thanks, reflects on North American customs and argues that our own notions of gratitude influence a wide range of traditions, such as the wrapping of gifts, the ritual of Remembrance Day ceremonies and even the exchange of compliments. Join us for an evening of extraordinary insights into gratefulness that will leave you both thankful and newly aware of the power of those two important words. (jordan7hm)… (more)
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