Peter Godwin: Love, Loss, and Occasional Wars
(Peter Godwin)
Edinburgh Futures Institute
(Spiegeltent)
14 Aug
13.45
Literature
As an author, journalist, and former PEN America president, Peter Godwin has faced conflict with courage throughout his 30-year career. Winning the Orwell Prize with his debut title, Mukiwa, his fourth book, Exit Wounds, sees Godwin face a more personal struggle following his divorce and the death of his mother. Today, he shares his journey of recovery - using a range of different, and sometimes hallucinogenic, strategies - alongside powerful reflections on the singular losses and grief felt by exiles and refugees. Chaired by Ali Millar.