Writers Speak

WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Nadifa Mohamed About the Speakers Nadifa Mohamed is the author of Black Mamba Boy (FSG), which won the Betty Trask Prize and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Prize, and The Orchard of Lost Souls (FSG), which won the Prix...

WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Ruth Ozeki In Conversation with Meng Jin About the Speakers Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. She is the best-selling author of four novels: The Book of Form and Emptiness, winner of the UK’s 2022 Women’s...

Photo Credit: Catherine Barnett WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Ben Lerner About the Speakers Ben Lerner is the author of seven books of poetry and prose as well as several collaborations with visual artists, including Gold Custody (with Barbara Bloom), recently...

Photo ©Sean+Seng THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2023. WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Nadifa Mohamed About the Speakers Nadifa Mohamed is the author of Black Mamba Boy (FSG), which won the Betty Trask Prize and was...

WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Elif Batuman About the Speakers Elif Batuman’s first novel, The Idiot, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and for the Women’s Prize. She is also the author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read...

WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Damon Galgut REGISTER FOR A ZOOM LINK About the Speakers Damon Galgut Damon Galgut is a playwright and novelist living in Cape Town. He was born in Pretoria and studied drama at the University of Cape Town, writing his first novel...

WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Carmen Maria Machado REGISTER FOR A ZOOM LINK About the Speakers Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the bestselling memoir In the Dream House and the award-winning short story collection Her Body and Other Parties. She has been a...

WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Bernardine Evaristo REGISTER FOR A ZOOM LINK About the Speakers Bernardine Evaristo is the author of the 2019 Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other. Her numerous other works span the genres of fiction, verse fiction, short...