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Festival: Tickets Available Today; Mailer, Nighy Out, McEwan, Hirsi Ali In

Filed under: New Yorker Festival Tagged: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Bill Nighy, David Remnick, events, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, New Yorker Festival, Norman Mailer

We are well aware that our readers need no reminder, but for those who may have arrived on this page by accident, the day has finally arrived to order your New Yorker Festival tickets! Starting at twelve noon sharp—okay, just to be safe, 11:56 a.m.—the website is TicketMaster, the telephone number (877) 391-0545. We hope that you get all of your must-see events—and even the could-miss ones.

Keep in mind that this year for the first time, a small number of tickets will be available during Festival weekend. So if you do get shut out today, don't give up! You might still get in. And if you're looking for an easy way to navigate the dozens of great events—we count 66 of them—don't forget the handy Emdashes calendar listings dedicated to the Festival.

Note that there has been a change in the late event at the Highline Ballroom on Friday, October 5. The "Conversations Between Writers" was originally "Norman Mailer and Martin Amis on Monsters." Ably substituting for Mailer will be Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a fascinating Somali author and filmmaker—she should bring a great deal of insight to the topic.

An event has serendipitously been added for Saturday involving a novelist who has written a book with that very title: David Remnick interviews Ian McEwan, author of Saturday and On Chesil Beach, on the morning of October 6 at the Directors Guild of America. Proving that every silver lining has a cloud, the Bill Nighy event on the same day has been canceled. —Martin Schneider

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