Quarantine

February 21, 2019

With Catharine Arnold, Stephen Roberts, Seema Yasmin, Clare Wenham

100 years since the 1918-20 influenza epidemic non-fiction writers and global health specialists discuss how pandemics through time have reshaped our societies, and explore the stories behind scientific and social data.

Women in Power

March 8, 2019

With Helena Kennedy, Gina Miller, Rachel Reeves

On International Women’s Day 2019, we bring together three women working in the fields of business, law and politics to discuss the politics of power, affecting change through writing, and what it means to be a woman with influence.

Modern Gothic

March 25, 2019

With Sarah Perry, Kate Mosse, Samira Ahmed

Sarah Perry and Kate Mosse reflect on writing Gothic fiction for a modern reader.

Members’ Book Group – Melmoth by Sarah Perry

March 25, 2019

With Molly Rosenberg

The Spirit of a Place

April 16, 2019

With Alan Johnson, Hisham Matar, Pascale Petit, Peter Pomerantsev, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough

Celebrating 15 years of the RSL Ondaatje Prize, four past winners discuss the challenges and delights of writing to evoke the spirit of a place.

Members’ Book Group – This Boy by Alan Johnson

April 16, 2019

With Molly Rosenberg

Literature Matters: On Memory and Migration

May 10, 2019

With Homi K. Bhabha, Shahidha Bari

Homi K. Bhabha interrogates cultural change and power, and how what we read shapes the ways in which we exist.

Literature Matters: Breaking Ground

June 27, 2019

With Val McDermid, Jeanette Winterson

Val McDermid and Jeanette Winterson to reflect on the importance of literature to society, how what we read shapes the people we are, and whether we should all be listening more closely to our writers.

Members’ Book Group – Broken Ground by Val McDermid

June 27, 2019

With Molly Rosenberg

New Daughters of Africa

July 6, 2019

With Ayobámi Adébáyo, Margaret Busby, Nadifa Mohamed, Namwali Serpell

Margaret Busby leads a panel of ‘Daughters of Africa’ writers celebrating Black women’s writing.