Sir Christopher Ondaatje, OC, CBE will hold a series of lectures and seminars as writer in residence at Macquarie University from 28 March till 14 April 2011. A distinguished author, businessman and philanthropist, his talks will explore themes raised in his writing career, as well as the business of writing itself.
Sir Christopher was born in Ceylon, educated in London and immigrated to Canada in 1956. He has worked at several magazines and newspapers, and in 1967 founded the Pagurian Press, which eventually became the enormously successful Pagurian Corporation. In 1988 he sold all his business interests and returned to the literary world.
