A Short History of Sedition

Francisco Goldman, Perihan Magden and Abdellah Taïa

A journey through the writings and experiences of literary dissidents. Francisco Goldman is an award-winning American-Guatemalan writer whose compelling investigation, ‘The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi?', exposes the corruption that permeated the Guatemalan authorities through to the President during the late 1990s. Goldman is in conversation with Turkish poet, novelist and outspoken columnist Perihan Magden, and the young Moroccan writer Abdellah Taïa, the first openly gay voice in a culture where homosexuality isn't taboo, but refusing to live in the shadows is.

This event will be chaired by Moris Farhi MBE.  

The Cut Bar will offer delicious world fusion lunch boxes, from Middle Europe to the Middle East, for £4. Drinks and desserts will be available separately.

'Goldman is a wonderful writer' Salman Rushdie

'Magden is one of the most inventive and outspoken authors of our time' Orhan Pamuk