Author, critic, and ‘national treasure’ (Zadie Smith), Geoff Dyer is one of the funniest, wisest, and most perceptive writers working in English today.
Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer is an award-winning author of four novels and numerous non-fiction books, including Out of Sheer Rage, Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It, Zona and, most recently, The Last Days of Roger Federer. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science, Dyer lives in Los Angeles, where he is Writer in Residence at the University of Southern California. His books have been translated into twenty-four languages.
Lias Saoudi
Lias Saoudi is the lead singer of British cult stalwarts Fat White Family, acid house ‘super-group’ Decius and Sheffield based electronica merchants The Moonlandingz. He has toured all over the world and released 8 full length LP’s, plus a wide array of EP’s and singles. He has collaborated on records with John Cale, Yoko Ono, Iggy Pop, the Bad Seeds, The Village People, Phil Oakey, Insecure Men, Paranoid London, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Baxter Dury and the Black Lips. His debut literary publication, a memoir/biography co-authored with Adelle Stripe, went on to become a Sunday Times Best Seller, and to find itself shortlisted for the Penderyn music book of the year award. He writes a regular column for UnHerd, and has contributed essays to New Frontier: Writing form the Irish Border, The Quietus and INQUE magazine.
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