Journalist, playwright and writer Alanna Mitchell discusses her book: the Spinning Magnet, the Force That Created The Modern World and Could Destroy It.
Allen is a journalist, playwright and writer. She started her career as an award winning journalist in Canada at the Financial Times and the Globe and Mail. After 17 years in journalism, she turned to sign writing, where again, her efforts have been award winning. She has contributed to articles in publications such as National Geographic and The New York Times. She has written the following books, Seasick The Global Ocean and Crisis, a book. She's also turned into a play Malignant Metaphor for Confronting Cancer Myths, a Memoir Franklin's Lost Ship, The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus. Invisible Plastic. What happens when your garbage ends up in the ocean, dancing at the Red Sea, tracking the world's environmental hotspots and the truly fascinating book we will discuss today, the Spinning Magnet, the Force That Created The Modern World and Could Destroy It.