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Join author Dan Jackson for a fascinating talk about his bestselling book ‘The Northumbrians’.

Join us for the launch of Leyla Jagiella’s ‘Among the Eunuchs: A Muslim Transgender Journey’, groundbreaking exploration of gender identity across Muslim cultures, from the West to South Asia.

Join ‘Insecure Guardians’ author Zoha Waseem for an in-depth conversation about the policing practices of an insecure state, foregrounding the experiences of officers on the frontline of Pakistan’s armed conflicts.

Hear from celebrated playwright and screenwriter Michael Chaplin about his latest book ‘Newcastle United Stole My Heart’ and his lifelong obsession with his city and its football club that inspired it.

Nanjala Nyabola shares her thoughts on travelling and travel writing as as a black, female, African writer in a space that has traditionally been dominated by white, European men.

Join author Ramon Pacheco Pardo for a talk about his book ‘Shrimp to Whale: From the Forgotten War to K-Pop’ and learn about the the incredible rise of South Korea, from colonisation and civil war to today’s thriving nation

Join ‘We Are Pilgrims’ author Victoria Preston and playwright Justin Butcher at this year’s FlipSide Festival for a conversation about what it means to be a pilgrim.

Join ‘Defying the Dragon’ author Stephen Vines for a talk that will unpack the Hong Kong–China relationship and its wider significance.

Join Turkey expert and author of Erdoğan’s War, Gönül Tol for a discussion of Erdoğan’s ideological evolution from a conservative democrat to an Islamist and a Turkish nationalist, and how this progression has come to shape his Syria policy, changing the course of the war.

Join Fida Jiryis and Moustafa Bayoumi for the launch of her memoir Stranger in My Own Land, a moving exploration of belonging in a contested homeland, asking difficult questions about what the right of return would mean for the millions of Palestinians waiting to come ‘home’..

Sir Geoff Mulgan joins Sophia Parker from JRF to discuss the themes of his new book – Another World is Possible.