Geoff Dyer dissolves genres and writes a blend of fiction, autobiography, travel writing, cultural criticism and literary theory, often laced with a sardonic and self-deprecating wit. His 14 books have won many awards including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the Somerset Maugham Prize.

His subjects vary wildly, from an ode to critic John Berger to how the First World War is remembered, to a book about his failure to write a book about DH Lawrence. His “non-fiction” book about jazz imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the lives of the greats, his “novels’ often harbor essays and critiques, while his latest book White Sands blends travel writing with some fictitious aspects in his search for the most vivid of experiences. Geoff Dyer is “perhaps the most brilliantly original practitioner of his generation”, according to Jan Morris, and “a national treasure” (Zadie Smith). Come join him discuss his writing life and critically acclaimed books.

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