Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

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A Hopeless Introvert's Guide to Hopeful Public Speaking

A Hopeless Introvert's Guide to Hopeful Public Speaking

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This week it was a true pleasure and honour for me to give the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Frankfurt Book Fair.

In my talk I wanted to focus on a question that is close to my heart: In a world that remains deeply polarised and bitterly politicised and increasingly pessimistic what difference can writers and poets even hope to make? A w…

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