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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.