Fall season of Allan Gregg in Conversation launches with new interviews, a special retrospective episode and a contest for booklovers

TORONTO, Sept. 7 /CNW/ - As a forum for today's foremost thinkers to discuss their most influential and provocative ideas, TVO's Allan Gregg in Conversation announces a new season full of enlightening conversations with renowned authors from around the world, and a contest based on the new shows.




In addition to new interviews, the fall season includes a one-hour retrospective of conversations Allan Gregg has had over the years with some of the world's most influential and interesting people. Airing Friday October 1 at 10 pm ET, the special includes excerpts from interviews with Jean Chrétien, Jimmy Carter, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison, Conrad Black, Naomi Klein, Richard Dawkins, Margaret MacMillan, Malcolm Gladwell and more.



Other highlights of the new season include:



Annie Leonard - Friday September 17 at 10 pm ET

Activist turned filmmaker Annie Leonard talks about her book The Story of Stuff, based on her travels around the globe tracking what happens to the stuff we produce, consume and throw away.

Fatima Bhutto - Friday September 24 at 10 pm ET

Fatima Bhutto, niece of the assassinated former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, talks about her memoir Songs of Blood and Sword. Her book is a firsthand account of the Bhutto family dynasty, whose tragic and violent story mirrors the history of modern Pakistan.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Friday October 8 at 10 pm ET

Ayaan Hirsi Ali discusses Nomad, the story of what happened after the Dutch director with whom she made a documentary about the domestic abuse of Muslim women was murdered by a radical Islamist, the death threats that forced her into hiding, and her bid to start a new life in America.

The Allan Gregg Contest launches along with the show's new season on Friday September 17, 2010. For four weeks, participants can watch a new episode of Allan Gregg in Conversation on TVO or online at tvo.org or TVO's YouTube page, and enter to win by answering a trivia question based on the content of the show. Each week, one lucky viewer will win a Sony Reader Pocket Edition and a signed copy of the author of the week's book.



Source: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2010/07/c7518.html