We're back at The Tabernacle in June with a stellar line-up of speakers! Join us for an evening of gripping stories.
Join us at The Tabernacle for our summer 5x15! From the world of film sets to the mysteries of time travel, from complex mother-daughter relationships to the healing power of music, and the future of AI, our superb speakers have something for everyone. Don't miss this inspiring evening of live storytelling.
Speakers
Kaliane Bradley is a British-Cambodian writer and editor based in London. Her short stories have appeared in Electric Literature, Catapult, Somesuch Stories and The Willowherb Review, among others. She was the winner of the 2022 Harper's Bazaar Short Story Prize and the 2022 V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize. Her highly acclaimed first novel, The Ministry of Time, was the bestselling debut novel of last year, an instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and one of Barack Obama's picks for summer reading 2024.
John Harris is a multiple award-winning writer, journalist, podcaster and presenter. He has written professionally about music since he was 19, and is also known for his pioneering political and social writing, centred on his weekly column in The Guardian. His acclaimed books included The Last Party and Get Back, the authorised book that accompanied Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary series. His new memoir, Maybe I'm Amazed, explores creativity and neurodivergence, and tells the extraordinary story of how music opened up the world to his son.
Molly Jong-Fast is the author of three books, a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a political analyst for MSNBC News and host of the Fast Politics podcast. She lives in Manhattan. Her new book, How to Lose Your Mother, is a brutally funny mother–daughter memoir about her relationship with her mother Erica Jong, author of the feminist autobiographical novel Fear of Flying.
De Kai is an AI pioneer honored for his contributions as a Founding Fellow in computational linguistics. He is Independent Director of the AI ethics think tank The Future Society and was one of eight inaugural members of Google’s AI Ethics council. De Kai holds a joint appointment at HKUST’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Berkeley’s International Computer Science Institute. His new book, Raising AI, shows how society can not only survive the AI revolution but flourish in a more humane, compassionate, and understanding world where we all play a part - alongside our artifical children.
Larry Lamb is a well-known British actor and presenter with a career spanning several decades. He is best recognized for his acting roles in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and the sitcom Gavin & Stacey. Larry has also hosted a variety of TV shows and radio programs, including Britain by Bike for Channel 5 appearing alongside his son, George Lamb, and he is is a familiar face on the Loose Women panel. Informed by his years of experience in film and television, his new novel All Wrapped Up gives an inside look at the industry; the trials, tribulations, and hard-won successes of producing a piece of cinema.
