Fireside Writing Chats: Crafting Worlds Through Ethnography and Nonfiction
Ruben Andersson on his just released book, 'Age of Security: The Rise of a Global Obsession'
12 November 2026
David Lan on his journey from writing the anthropological classic 'Guns and Rain' to becoming artistic director of The Young Vic Theatre, and about his memoir, 'As if By Chance'
26 November 2026
Judith Scheele on her 2025 book, 'Shifting Sands: A Human History of the Sahara'
25 January 2027
Jonathan Parry on his magnum opus, 'Classes of Labour: Work and Life in a Central Indian Steel Town'
04 March 2027
Bart Van Es cutting through his 'The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found'
04 June 2026
Jonny Steinberg on why some books fail
05 March 2026
Sonia Faleiro on her new book, 'The Robe and the Sword: How Buddhist Extremism is Shaping Modern Asia'
29 January 2026
James Fairhead on his new book with Melissa Leach, 'Naturekind: Language, Culture and Power Beyond the Human'
06 November 2025
David Giles on his book, 'A Mass Conspiracy to Feed People' and from dumpster to dissertation to monograph
