A dinner party with a difference, Dialect Dinners offers up three online courses of rural and edgeland discussion with a hand picked guest author - an entirely virtual (and accessible!) feast for heart and mind.
Our guest for May is the travel writer and journalist Adam Weymouth. His first book, Kings of the Yukon, tells the story of his 2000 mile canoe trip down the Yukon River in Alaska, exploring the decline of the king salmon and how their disappearance is impacting on the many people and ecosystems that depend on them.
The book won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, The Lonely Planet/ Stanfords Adventure Travel Book of the Year and the Prix Paul-Emile Victor. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Granta, The Observer and the BBC, and he was selected by the National Centre for Writing as one of 10 writers shaping the UK's future. He is a visiting professor in creative writing at Warwick University. His new book will be published by Penguin in 2024.
Adam will be bringing along some of his favourite dishes as the starter (ahem) for a discussion of his writing, journeying and creative life.
Tickets £5 each, donations welcome
Free for Dialect members, caregivers and those on a small income, just email dialectwriters@gmail.com
