Beyond Faith and Reason

Nadine Gordimer, Tariq Ali, Samir El-youssef and Tahmima Anam

When cultures meet is it possible to find a place for understanding? With Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer, novelist, historian and political campaigner Tariq Ali, Palestinian writer Samir El-youssef and 2008 Commonwealth Prize winner for Best First Book, Tahmima Anam from Bangladesh.

The writers will read from their work and discuss their experiences of their own cultures; meeting places of religion and state, where belief and the law are intertwined.

The event is chaired by Boyd Tonkin, Literary Editor of The Independent.

‘A stunning novel' The Observer on Tahmima Anam's The Golden Age

‘A potent meditation on memory and exile' The Guardian on Samir El-youssef's A Treaty of Love

(Photos: Nadine Gordimer by Sophie Bassouls, Tariq Ali by Nina Subin)