Spring 2026 Events: BAD LANGUAGE & more

It’s a busy spring talking about language and listening, power and resistance – come and join me, and some incredible writers, in conversation at independent bookstores around the UK!

Saturday 21 February, 7pm, The Common Press, London: in conversation with Adam Zmith

Thursday 26 February, 7pm: The Dormouse, Belper (at Reunion Deli)

Wednesday 4 March, 7pm, Mount Florida Books, Glasgow: in conversation with Adam Benmakhlouf

Thursday 5 March, 7pm, Argonauts, Edinburgh: in conversation with Alycia Pirmohamed (link coming soon)

Wednesday 11 March, 10 am, London Book Fair, The Salon: ‘Whose Freedom? Power, Equity of Expression, and Rejecting Attacks on EDI’, panel discussion with Selina Brown and Nikesh Shukla, chaired by Josie Dobrin

Monday 16 March, 7pm, London Review Bookshop: chairing Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, in conversation about her book Something About Living

Tuesday 14 April, 7pm, London Review bookshop: chairing Sarah Schulman, in conversation about her book The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity (link coming soon)