Link to join Webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88978346580

In this series of 6 talks, publisher Katie Isbester and her daughter Teddy, a film buff, will discuss the central idea of some of the greatest stories told.

Each session will grapple with the big issue embedded in the story, and compare how the book and film treat this central idea.

Books/Films we are going to be looking at include the Handmaid's Tale, Game of Thrones, 1984 (Brazil), Dune, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Each session will feature an expert guest and a Q&A with the audience.

Episode 1: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Where Power Really Lies with guest Julie Anderson.

John le Carre turned spying in an arcane bureaucratic wrangling, as pedestrian as it was deadly. Trump has raged against the Deep State; Dominic Cummings wanted to reform it; neoliberals want it abolished.

Does power really lie in grey-faced paper pushers or is this some kind of modern straw man?

Join our hosts and their special guest, Julie Anderson, for this riveting discussion .

About the speakers:

Our Hosts:

Katie Isbester, PhD, is the publisher of Claret Press, an indie publishing houses specialising in stories that deal with politics, issues and places. Originally from Canada, she left her academic career at University of Toronto for England.

Teddy 't Hooft, aged 20, is a student at university, doing an arts undergraduate degree. She loves films and TV series. She has her own opinions.

Guest:

Julie Anderson is a writer and author who had a long career as a senior Whitehall civil servant, working for a variety of government departments and agencies, including the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

below: Katie, Teddy and Julie

This will be a Zoom webinar. All those who book will get the LINK TO JOIN 24hrs and on the day of the event.

You can join in the discussion through the Q&A.

We look forward to welcoming you at the event!