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August 2, 2016
Wendy MacNaughton on using drawings and words to convey human emotion
Through her drawings, Wendy MacNaughton tries to take viewers out of their everyday life and context and get them to walk into someone else’s shoes.
July 31, 2016
Dvora Meyers on writing about your passion
Brooklyn based journalist Dvora Meyers has been researching her niche since she was eight. That’s when she started practicing gymnastics, a passion she recently turned into a book.
July 25, 2016
Brian Lindstrom on building intimacy with the subjects of his films
Brian Lindstrom knew he wanted to make films when he was still in primary school. His documentaries aim “to reduce stigma and reveal the humanity of those living on the margins”.
July 21, 2016
Caroline Paul on living and writing about a life of adventures
Caroline Paul always knew that she never wanted to have a ”brief case and an office” type of job.
July 17, 2016
Colin Meloy on creating music and performing on stage
Colin’s extensive vocabulary and well known passion for obscure words turned him into one of the most intriguing songwriters of the past decade.
July 9, 2016
Cheryl Strayed on fear, hiking alone and writing a bestselling book about the experience
When she felt she reached “the bottom of her life”, Cheryl Strayed embarked on a three month hiking trip, then wrote a book about how it changed her. It became a #1 New York Times Bestseller.
July 4, 2016
David Sedaris: “Keeping a diary helps somehow tame the world around me”
David Sedaris on keeping a diary and what informs his writing: fucked up human behaviour, racial relations in America and disturbing, disgusting or generally funny events.
June 27, 2016
Carson Ellis on her creative process and her advice to young artists
Meet 2016 speaker Carson Ellis: insights into her creative process, her charmed life on a farm and being married to The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy.
June 23, 2016
New speakers confirmed
Check out the latest additions to the list of speakers you won’t want to miss this October.
