Prospect Magazine Literary Festival event
Date: Saturday 19 February 2011
Time: 3.00-4.30pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Sam Leith, Lionel Shriver, Nigel Warburton
Chair: Tom Chatfield
With rapid developments in communication and publication technologies, the book – as conventionally conceived – is no longer the only point of connection between writers and their audiences. New media cross many geographical borders with ease, creating potentially global readerships. New communication technologies empower audiences to answer back, dissolving the traditional borders between writers and readers. And with this, the boundaries between forms of writing begin to be reconfigured. How do writers and readers of fiction and sustained non-fiction relate to each other in this new space? What does technology mean for the future of the author?
Lionel Shriver is a bestselling and award-winning author (The Post-Birthday World; We Need to Talk About Kevin; So Much for That). Her work has been translated into 25 different languages. She writes regularly in the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Economist and the Wall Street Journal, among many other publications.
Sam Leith is former Literary Editor at the Telegraph, now writing for many leading publications including the Guardian, Evening Standard and Prospect. He is the author of Dead Pets and Sod’s Law, and his first novel, The Coincidence Engine, will be published in April 2011.
Nigel Warburton is Senior Lecturer at the Open University, author of books including Philosophy: The Basics; Thinking from A to Z; Philosophy: The Classics (available as a podcast app); Philosophy: Basic Readings; Freedom: An Introduction with Readings, and The Art Question. He writes the column Everyday Philosophy in Prospect, and blogs in a range of sites including The Virtual Philosopher; Art and Allusion; and Philosophy Bites, which is available as an iPhone app.
Tom Chatfield is Arts and Books Editor at Prospect magazine and author of Fun Inc. He is a lead writer on arts, media and technology in Prospect and contributes to many publications including the Observer, Independent, Sunday Times, Wired, New Statesman, Evening Standard and Times Literary Supplement.
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