The Rights of the Reader

Azar Nafisi, Daniel Pennac and Alberto Manguel

A celebration of the liberating power of stories and storytelling - three writers discuss how the world can act as a library for the imagination. Nafisi's memoir, ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran', draws on her experiences as a literature professor in Iran. Pennac, recipient of the Prix Renaudot 2007, ruminates on parenthood and being a teacher in ‘The Rights of the Reader'. The New York Times described Manguel's ‘A Reading Diary' as ‘a veritable museum of literacy'. This event will be chaired by Amanda Hopkinson, Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation, and interpreted by Carine Kennedy.

'Life happened because I turned the pages' Alberto Manguel