Jonathan Freedland | A Story About a Story
Sun 24 Nov 2024 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Best known for his insightful journalism and as a writer of thrillers under the pen name Sam Bourne, Jonathan Freedland discusses the poignant backstory that led him to write a magical picturebook for children. The book is inspired by an unpublished story by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, author of The Passenger, while he was interned on the Isle of Man during the Second World War. Jonathan will reflect on how he approached writing for children, and what he hopes children and parents will take from this story.
In conversation with Hadley Freeman.
Venue: Old Divinity School
Duration: 1 hour
Tickets available soon.
Author Biography
Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist and the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s contemporary history series, The Long View and host of the podcast Unholy. He is the author of twelve books, the latest being The Escape Artist. He is written nine thrillers, mostly as Sam Bourne, including The Righteous Men, a Sunday Times number one bestseller.
Chair
Hadley Freeman is a columnist and writer for the Sunday Times, and was previously a staff writer for The Guardian since 2000, where she won several journalism awards. She is the author of several books and her most recent, House of Glass, was a Sunday Times bestseller. She was born in New York and lives in London.
