BRYONY GORDON
WHY SHE’S A MUST-SEE
The Daily Telegraph journalist wrote The Wrong Knickers and the brilliant memoir Mad Girl, documenting her experience of mental illness with warmth and humour.
THE BOOK JACKET SUMMARY
Since she was 12 years old, Bryony Gordon has battled depression and obsessivecompulsive disorder, an experience she writes about in the funny and inspiring memoir Mad Girl, in an effort to remove some of the stigma surrounding mental illness. She’s even started a walking group called Mental Health Mates, where sufferers can meet up with like-minded people and feel less alone.
BEST QUOTES
“Mental illness lies to you. It tells you you are alone. It tells you that nobody will ever understand you. But it is wrong. Because none of us are ever that far from someone who gets it. None of us need suffer in silence. We are all part of a ‘we’.”
WHEN YOU CAN SEE HER
March 10: Mad Girl: Bryony Gordon In Conversation (Dhs75) March 11: Winning At Life: The Secrets Of Not Having It All (Dhs75)
WHY HE’S A MUST-SEE
This award-winning writer and documentary maker has some incredible stories to tell, as you’ll know if you’d read any of his books, from The Psychopath Test to So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed.
THE BOOK JACKET SUMMARY
Jon Ronson is fearless in the pursuit of a story, no matter how strange. His mix of sharp observation and dry humour transforms even the most bizarre subject matter into an addictive read, whether he’s chatting with psychopaths or infiltrating Trump loving extremist groups. He’s recently branched out into screenplays too, with the Michael Fassbender film Frank and the upcoming monster story Okja, starring Tilda Swinton.
BEST QUOTE
“With social media, we’ve created a stage for constant artificial high drama. Every day a new person emerges as a magnificent hero or a sickening villain. It’s all very sweeping, and not the way we actually are as people.”
WHEN TO SEE HIM
March 3: A Frank Conversation With Jon Ronson (Dhs75) March 3: Virtual Insanity: Is Technology Changing Who We Are? (Dhs75) March 4: So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed: Jon Ronson On Finding Tolerance In An Angry World (Dhs75)