Culture

In conversation with Naomi Klein

  • 27
  • Sep

2023

Wednesday

7.00pm

Head shot of Naomi Klein


Join Naomi Klein, award-winning author of The Shock Doctrine, No Logo and This Changes Everything, for a special event in partnership with Guardian Live.

In her new book, Doppelganger, Naomi reveals the effects of being mistaken for a fellow author and public intellectual whose views are antithetical to Naomi's own, but whose name and public persona are similar enough that many people have confused the two over the years. From here, she explores identity, conspiracy theories and what she calls the ‘Mirror World’ – how our destabilised present is riddled with contradictions, blurred lines and scrambled allegiances.

Naomi describes the book as her most personal yet, “explor[ing] what it feels like to watch one’s identity slip away in the digital ether, an experience many more of us will have in the age of AI. Mostly, it’s an attempt to grapple with the wildness of right now — with conspiracy cultures surging and strange left-right alliances emerging and nobody seeming to be quite what they seem.” Hosted by Guardian critic Zoe Williams.

The event will run for approximately 90 minutes.

Seating is Unreserved. Customers with access requirements and those who require an essential companion (Carer goes Free ticket) please book via The Guardian Live here. Livestream tickets are available for £10 from The Guardian Live here.