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Reimagining Democracy for the Future w/ Geoff Mulgan and Marcial Boo

29 Sep 2022 – 13:00 BST
Online

As democracy comes under more pressure than ever, we need new ways to take it forward. At this webinar, two leading thinkers reimagine democracy for the future: Marcial Boo, author of ‘The Rules of Democracy’ and Geoff Mulgan, author of ‘Another World is Possible’ will discuss the ideas in their books and compare their different approaches, followed by an audience Q&A.

Edge of England book signing w/ Derek Turner

28 Jul 2022 – 14:00 - 15:00 BST
Waterstones Boston

Derek Turner will be in Waterstones Boston on Thursday 28th July from 2pm to sign copies of his new book ‘Edge of England: Landfall in Lincolnshire’.

The beautiful game in the Middle East w/ Abdullah Al-Arian

19 Jul 2022 – 13:00 - 14:00 BST
CAABU (online event)

Caabu invites you to an online briefing on football in the Middle East, with an expert panel of speakers: Abdullah Al-Arian, author of ‘Football in the Middle East’; Zahra R. Babar, Associate Director for Research at the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar and Professor Ramón Spaaij, a sociologist based at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.

Girly Drinks author talk w/ Mallory O’Meara

27 Jul 2022 – 18:30 - 19:45 BST
Waterstones Gower St

Join us for a very special author talk with Mallory O’Meara, historian and author of ‘Girly Drinks’, and co-host of the literary podcast Reading Glasses.

Edge of England w/ Derek Turner

4 Aug 2022 – 18:30 - 19:30 BST
Waterstones Lincoln

Join Derek Turner for the launch of his book ‘Edge of England: Landfall in Lincolnshire’ and hear the untold story of a great English county and its people, from the Vikings to Brexit.

Girly Drinks w/ Mallory O’Meara

28 Jul 2022 – 19:00 – 20:00 BST
Blackwell's Oxford

Join Mallory O’Meara for the launch of her book ‘Girly Drinks’ and discover the fascinating history of women and alcohol that dismantles the myth of booze as a ‘male only’ past-time.

Work Won’t Love You Back w/ Sarah Jaffe at Idler Festival

10 Jul 2022 – 12:15-13:00 BST
Idler Festival

Join journalist Sarah Jaffe, Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson and Brendan Burchell for a chat about the false promises of the ‘do what you love’ mantra and why the new tyranny of work needs to end.

Our Time Is Now: Anne Karpf, Selma James and Sanah Ahsan

25 Jun 2022 – 15:30 - 16:30 BST
Bradford Literature Festival

A celebration of Selma James’s incredible work, this not-to-be-missed event sees the world-renowned social activist in conversation with ‘How Women Can Save the Planet’ author Anne Karpf and award-winning poet and clinical psychologist Sanah Ahsan, as they explore James’s much-anticipated new anthology, ‘Our Time is Now: Sex, Race, Class and Caring for People and the Planet’.