Yara Rodrigues Fowler grew up in South London. Her first novel, Stubborn Archivist, was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 and the Desmond Elliot Prize 2019. Yara was named one of The Observer’s ‘hottest-tipped’ debut novelists of 2019 and was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2019. Yara’s second novel, there are more things, was published in April 2022 and recently nominated for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2022.

Software developer and writer on politics and technology, co-author of Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology From Capitalism

Elif Sarican is a writer, editor, curator and translator. Elif curates the programme of discussions, dialogue and other events for the Left Book Club and supports the Left Book Club community to connect with each other and start reading groups.