Recommended Reading

Interesting Non-Fiction: The Work of Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell, a graduate of the Univeristy of Toronto's Trinity College, is currently a staff-writer for The New Yorker magazine.

Far from the drab and boring non-fiction many of us are used to reading from our school days, the work of Malcolm Gladwell is witty, often surprising and very enjoyable. I was first introduced to his writing through a televised lecture he made for the Big Ideas program on TVO. In this lecture he spoke about his book "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" (2005). I hastily picked up the book and once I began reading, I could hardly put it down. After "Blink" I purchased "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference" (2000) and and found that, like "Blink", it was equally thought-provoking and enlightening, I eventually read them both again several years later. His latest book, "Outliers", now sits on the top of my "to read" list.

If you're interested in learning more about Malcolm Gladwell or his writing visit: http://www.gladwell.com/

Also, to catch up on any lecutres that you might have missed, check out the audio podcasts on the TVO website at http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?bigideas_podcast