George Monbiot - pt3

Rachel Kushner: Postcards from America ‘Clarice Lispector had a diamond-hard intelligence, a visionary instinct and a sense of humour that veered from naïf wonder to wicked comedy.’ This snapshot of the great Brazilian writer is from an essay in Rachel Kushner’s new book The Hard Crowd – but… Alan Warner: Confessions of a Rock Groupie 1970s England – the days of glam rock, then punk rock; of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and Branston Pickle. This is the period Alan Warner sets his novel Kitchenly 434. The place: a remote country house owned by one of the world’s best-known rock stars, Marko… Tracy Chevalier & Harriet Constable: The Floating City What makes Venice such a rich subject for historical fiction? What untold stories does the city hold? Join Harriet Constable (with her debut The Instrumentalist) and Tracy Chevalier (with The Glassmaker, her 11th novel in a career including Girl with a… Ada Limón: The Images of Poetry National Book Critics Circle Award winner Ada Limón joins us to present a powerful new poetry collection, The Hurting Kind. Limón charts the interconnectedness between humans and non-humans, the living and their ancestors. Her work constructs joyfully… Alastair Campbell: But What Can I Do? The Rest is Politics podcast has established Labour’s former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy, Alastair Campbell, as one of the most important political commentators of the moment. Also a mental health campaigner and prolific author… Michel Faber (2010 event) The acclaimed author of The Crimson Petal and the White describes how ‘elsewhere’ can be hilariously ordinary… Monica Cantieni & Sunjeev Sahota (2015 Event) Watch two authors who explore the immigrant experience powerfully in their unforgettable new novels. Monica Cantieni’s The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons, translated by Donal McLaughlin, tells the deeply moving story of a young girl’s long wait… Lola Olufemi & Minna Salami: Critical Reflections on Feminism Since 2010, the award-winning blog MsAfropolitan has connected feminism with critical reflections on contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective. Its founder is Nigerian-Finnish writer and lecturer Minna Salami, a powerhouse of feminist… Sara Sheridan: On the Scent of Untold Riches There cannot be many novelists in the world who have a sideline in perfume production, but Sara Sheridan is one of them. The Edinburgh-based author runs a company named Reek whose scents celebrate ‘powerful, unapologetic women’ and their often-overlooked… Elif Shafak: If Trees Could Speak In her Booker-shortlisted novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, Elif Shafak entered the mind of a dying sex worker lying murdered in an Istanbul alley. The story moved from brutal realism to the magical world of the afterlife. Now Shafak has…