The Complete Works: Lindsey Hilsum

21 Jan 2020

6.45pm, Wednesday 19 February 2020 at HOME Mcr

Editor, critic & broadcaster Ellah Wakatama OBE curates and presents this brand-new series of in-depth interviews at HOME, in partnership with the Centre for New Writing, Creative Manchester and HCRI at The University of Manchester, with a line-up of some of our most exciting contemporary writers whose work embodies and has strong resonance with the powerful theme of Hope & Resistance.

 A trusted and familiar face as Channel 4 News International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum has reported on conflicts from around the world through her career – from Syria to Rwanda to Iraq. The author of two works of non-fiction, one on Libya and one the biography of fellow correspondent Marie Colvin, her work is carried out in times of crisis when the human condition is most laid bare. Bearing witness and bringing us news of our world and the lives lived within it.

Writers so far have included Jackie Kay, Gary Younge, Christina Lamb, Kamila Shamsie and Aminatta Forna OBE. 

Please book here: https://homemcr.org/event/the-complete-works-lindsey-hilsum/