Join us with Phoebe Greenwood in conversation with Bidisha to discuss Vulture, Catch-22 on speed set in the Middle East, a tragi-comic coming-of-age novel and a fast-paced satire of the war news industry and its moral blind spots.
An ambitious young journalist, Sara is sent to cover a war from the Beach Hotel in Gaza, a global hub with hotel staff catering tirelessly to the needs of the world's media, even as their own homes and family are under threat. Sara will stop at nothing to prove herself, even if it means bringing disaster upon those around her.
Phoebe Greenwood is a writer and journalist who has covered British and foreign affairs for publications including the Guardian, the Spectator and the Sunday Times. She was based in Jerusalem as a Middle East stringer for the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian between 2010-2013 and a staff editor and correspondent at the Guardian in London from 2013 -2021, where she continued to commission and file from Israel/ Palestine. She has also reported for France 24 and was a host on Vice News Tonight HBO. She is currently the Europe Editor of Hyphen.
Bidisha is a broadcaster, presenter and journalist covering the arts and culture, current affairs and human rights. She writes for the main UK broadsheets, chairs events and features extensively across BBC TV and radio, CNN, Channel 5 and Sky News. Her fifth book is Asylum and Exile: Hidden Voices of London and her most recent publication is the essay The Future of Serious Art.
