Join us at the Online London Book Fair 2021 for this year’s English PEN Literary Salon, featuring Lucy Caldwell, Sarah Clarke, Selma Dabbagh, Josie George, Mark Gevisser, Daniel Gorman, Florian Grosset, lisa luxx, Paul Mason, Daniela Petracco, Eimear Ryan, Philippe Sands, Dr Alice Tarbuck, Ece Temelkuran, Tamara Zimet.
Wednesday 30 June 2021
09:15 – 09:55
Writers at Risk: Publishing and the Duty of Care
The shift to digital that has taken place over the past year has opened up a global audience for festivals and publishers. However, with increased access must come increased awareness that some writers face of the risks of appearing on public platforms when living in countries with oppressive regimes. Join Edinburgh International Book Fair’s Tamara Zimet and Europa Editions’ Daniela Petracco in conversation with Director of English PEN Daniel Gorman as they explore what duty of care UK based publishers and festivals take on when programming on publishing these writers, and how best to safeguard writers and audiences whilst still presenting voices that often desperately need to be heard?
Presented in partnership with the British Council
10:20–10:50
Florian Grosset discusses her debut work of graphic nonfiction, The Chagos Betrayal: How Britain Robbed an Island and Made its People Disappear with international human rights lawyer and member of the legal counsel for Mauritius, Philippe Sands.
11:10–11:40
Contemporary Irish Writing with Eimear Ryan and Lucy Caldwell
Eimear Ryan discusses contemporary Irish writing and her debut novel Holding her Breath with award-winning author and playwright Lucy Caldwell.
12:20–13:00
Literary Censorship: The Hidden Frontiers
Censorship is on the rise around the world, quite often in countries where freedom of expression might be assumed to be protected. In this event, join Sarah Clarke from ARTICLE 19 in conversation with Mark Gevisser, author of The Pink Line on the world’s queer frontiers, and hear from two writers battling censorship in their own countries.
Presented in partnership with the British Council
13:30–14:00
Join writer and artist Josie George in conversation with writer and academic Dr Alice Tarbuck on illness, disability and Josie’s acclaimed memoir, A Still Life.
14:30–15:00
15:30–16:00
How to Stop Fascism with Paul Mason
Join award-winning Channel 4 presenter and bestselling author of PostCapitalism Paul Mason as he discusses his new work, How to Stop Fascism, with Ece Temelkuran.