Conversations at Kiln
It’s the third year of Conversation at Kiln, and this year might be the best yet. From journalists to Booker Prize winners, we’re bringing some of the UK’s most exciting writers to the stage to talk about their latest projects and the culture that inspired them
Book for 2 events for 20% discount, or 3 for 30%*
*Please note, the same number of tickets must be booked for each respective event to claim this discount.
How To Kill a Language: Power, resistance and the race to save our words, with Sophia Smith Galer
11 May
Roughly 7,000 languages are spoken around the world today. Over half of them are expected to vanish in the next century. Journalist Sophia Smith Galer will be shedding light on linguicide, its root causes, and what we lose when a language dies.
James Baldwin: A Life and Legacy, Ben Okri
12 May
On the 60th anniversary of the publication of Giovanni’s Room, James Baldwin’s seminal novel, Booker Prize-winning writer Ben Okri joins us to reflect on the life, literature and enduring legacy of one of the world’s most loved writers.
Raising Hare: An Evening with Chloe Dalton
18 May
Chloe Dalton, former Westminster political advisor, will be discussing her bestselling and critically acclaimed book, which tells the story if how Chloe’s life changed when she began caring for an abandoned baby hare during lockdown.
An Evening with Yassmin Abdel-Magied: Stories of Power and Survival
20 May
Writer, broadcaster and award-winning social advocate Yassmin Abdel-Magied will be discussing her debut novel, drawn from her experiences working as an engineer on offshore oil rigs. Join us live as Abdel-Magied sits down with journalist and broadcaster Coco Kahn to discuss her advocacy, the process of writing compelling and complex Muslim protagonists in fiction, and ask your questions in the audience Q&A.
An Evening with Mark Haddon
27 May
Following a debilitating long COVID, Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the of in the Nightime, is back with candid takes on everything from overcoming personal crises to adapting to the rapid changes reshaping the arts today, including the rise of AI and new battles over copyright.