U or T Bookstore Reading Series Presents Quirks and Quarks and Q & A

U or T Bookstore Reading Series presents an evening of conversation with
Jim Lebans, award-winning producer at Quirks and Quarks, and author of the book The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space (McClelland & Stewart), and Bob McDonald, CBC’s science reporter, author, and Quirks and Quarks host. A question and answer period with the audience will follow the interview.

Jim Lebans Every week, Quirks & Quarks presents the people behind the latest scientific discoveries, and examines the political, social, environmental, and ethical implications of new developments in science and technology. Over its lifetime, the program has won more than forty national and international awards for science journalism. Jim Lebans is a producer and the resident space expert at Q&Q.

Bob McDonald Besides being the host of Quirks & Quarks, Bob McDonald is the CBC’s science reporter and the author of two books based on the program, Wonderstruck I and Wonderstruck II. He is also the author of the memoir Measuring the Earth with a Stick: Science As I’ve Seen It.