Writers Corner

Timetable

Saturday

11:00

Taking Note - The Undocumented History Of Animal Rights & Music

Chris Hines

Chris explains how the power of music introduced him to the subject of animal rights and inspired his upcoming documentary[…]

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Chris Hines

12:00

Stop fitting in when you were born to stand out

Mitali Deypurkaystha

I will talk about my lifelong journey trying to fit in, leading to disastrous decisions, and finding true belonging by[…]

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Mitali Deypurkaystha

13:00

Workshop: “Real-life Scenarios”

Emilia A. Leese

Come talk about how we might address some real life scenarios of living as a vegan from the book Think[…]

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Emilia A. Leese

14:00

A “bible for the animal advocacy movement” – the Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare

Prof. Andrew Knight

Underpinned by science and comprehensively covering virtually all contemporary animal welfare issues, as well as key related topics such as[…]

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Prof. Andrew Knight

14:30

Living PCOS Free – Healing Symptoms of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) with a Healthy Plant-Based Lifestyle

Rohini Bajekal

Rohini will discuss her own journey with PCOS and healing symptoms such as acne, excess weight gain and irregular periods.[…]

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Rohini Bajekal

15:00

The Future of Veganism

Todd Sinclair

Rebel Vegan author Todd Sinclair will read a snippet from his new book about the future of food and veganism[…]

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Todd Sinclair

15:30

Trying to Make Vegan Gardening Popular

Matt Appleby

Introduction to vegan gardening and allotmenteering and stories about how I’ve promoted the cause from being grilled by John Humphreys[…]

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Matt Appleby

16:00

How to Argue with Vegans – an analytical framework of anti-vegan arguments

Benny Malone

I discuss my book and how it goes through common arguments used against veganism. Starting with avoiding the subject and[…]

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Benny Malone

16:30

Vegan Comedy: Andrew O'Neill & Ishi Khan

Andrew O'Neill, Ishi Khan

Hosted by Mike Kelson

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Andrew O'Neill

Ishi Khan

Sunday

11:00

Re-wilding forests; re-wilding ourselves

Emilia A. Leese

How did the UK lose its forests? What’s re-wilding? How can it help bring back forests and biodiversity? What can[…]

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Emilia A. Leese

12:00

Hunting – a guide for anti-hunt and animal rights activists

Lynn Sawyer

This talk will be about the history of hunting and other anthropocentric behaviours, how this attitude has affected how non-human[…]

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Lynn Sawyer

12:30

Waste-free vegan compleating

Ellen Tout

Author of The Complete Book Of Vegan Compleating, Ellen shares how to cook with all parts of fruit and vegetables.[…]

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Ellen Tout

13:00

Ethical Vegan: A Personal and Political Journey to Change the World

Jordi Casamitjana

Jordi’s book “Ethical Vegan”, part thriller, part memoir, and part reference book on the philosophy of veganism, describes his life[…]

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Jordi Casamitjana

14:00

Plant Power Workshop

Heather Drummond

Welcome to the Metaverse! The studio that helped us produce this compelling ‘Plant Power’ documentary was deeply touched by the[…]

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Heather Drummond

15:00

Vegans Deserve Better Than A Fruit Salad

Danielle Maupertuis

Danielle is an expert pastry chef with a distinguished career and after creating the most fabulous plant based pastries and[…]

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Danielle Maupertuis

3:30pm

Vegan Comedy: Carl Donnelly & Dave Chawner

Dave Chawner, Carl Donnelly

Hosted by Mike Kelson

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Dave Chawner

Carl Donnelly