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Laura Spinney

@lfspinney

Novelist, science journalist and author of PALE RIDER, a history of the Spanish flu https://t.co/RZ2NWImbpD [email protected]

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Eric Klinenberg’s study of New York’s struggle with Covid in 2020 reveals a society riven by racism, social inequality and discontent.

🖊️ Laura Spinney
newstatesman.com/culture/books/…

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Join historian and award-winning author Simon Schama as he introduces his new book, Foreign Bodies, an epic history of pandemics and global health, with Guardian science journalist Laura Spinney.

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Join historian and award-winning author @simon_schama as he introduces his new book, Foreign Bodies, an epic history of pandemics and global health, with Guardian science journalist @lfspinney. 🎟️bit.ly/3W9Tp7U
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Audio long read

History as a giant data set: how analysing the past could help save the future
with a new introduction by author Laura Spinney

theguardian.com/technology/201…

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The disrupted relationship between humans and nature has led to global health emergencies, from bird flu to Covid-19.

Join Simon Schama as he chats to Laura Spinney about how our treatment of the natural world will always define our destiny 👇

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The disrupted relationship between humans and nature has led to global health emergencies, from bird flu to Covid-19. Join @simon_schama as he chats to @lfspinney about how our treatment of the natural world will always define our destiny 👇 bit.ly/3W9Tp7U
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Many congrats to Baillie Gifford Prize winner Katherine Rundell, thank you for signing my book, super-fab speech from judge Laura Spinney, and look forward to reading about Donne, 'the greatest love poet in the history of the English language!'

Many congrats to #BGPrize2022 @BGPrize winner Katherine Rundell, thank you for signing my book, super-fab speech from judge @lfspinney, and look forward to reading about Donne, 'the greatest love poet in the history of the English language!'
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We are so excited to announce the winner. Congratulations to Katherine Rundell! Read more here: thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/news/katherine…

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Author Tracy Chevalier tells us what she found so interesting about Rudolf Vrba’s story, as told in Jonathan Freedland’s shortlisted book ‘The Escape Artist’. Read more about the book here: bit.ly/3CQ6bzf John Murray Press

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Head over to our Facebook page and click ‘going’ and share the award ceremony event for your chance to win a full set of the shortlisted books: fb.me/e/2UCmbQjAf

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shortlisted author Anna Keay reads us an extract from her book ‘The Restless Republic’, which explores how the 11 years in which Britain was a republic, set the British Isles on a new course. Read more about the book here: bit.ly/3DiYDX6
William Collins Books

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Dr Helen Salisbury talks to us about what she loved the most about ‘s shortlisted book ‘A Fortunate Woman’. Read more about the book here: bit.ly/3DiSIRT

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Journalist and author Oliver Bullough tells us why Sally Hayden shortlisted book ‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’, is a book “you have to read”. Read more about the book here: bit.ly/3TFHT1v 4th Estate Books

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Next, Rory Stewart talks to us about what he found so engaging about Anna Keay’s shortlisted book ‘The Restless Republic’. Read more about the book here: bit.ly/3DiYDX6

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Learn more about the shortlist with director of the prize Toby Mundy and , author of ‘Legacy of Violence’, who discusses how the British Empire used liberal rhetoric to justify repeated violence against its colonies: on.soundcloud.com/2gzog

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Watch Sally Hayden read us an extract from her shortlisted book ‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’, which details the unimaginable choices made by migrants. Read more about the book here: bit.ly/3TFHT1v HarperCollinsUK 4th Estate Books

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Discover the shortlist with director of the prize Toby Mundy and Jonathan Freedland, author of ‘The Escape Artist’, which tells the story of Rudolf Vrba, who escaped Auschwitz to warn the world about the horrors of the Holocaust: youtu.be/4_KeRVNQ1FI

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Caroline Elkins reads an extract from her shortlisted book ‘Legacy of Violence,’ and explores the role violence played in upholding the British Empire. Read more about the book here: bit.ly/3fuEvbj
The Bodley Head Vintage Books

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