Changing Worlds: Elif Shafak and Neel Mukherjee in conversation, LSE Literary Festival

Turkey’s best-selling female writer Elif Shafak looks at the foundations of her native culture, and Booker shortlisted Neel Mukherjee turns his gaze to the changing world of modern India. The discussion will be chaired by BBC presenter Bidisha, an arts, culture and human rights journalist, who we’re sure will have some interesting things to say on how some societies are rocking their foundations in the 21st century. 
The LSE Literary Fetsival: book events and writers' talks, London
120 years ago, playwright, socialist and Nobel Prize winner George Bernard Shaw co-founded the London School of Economics. Seven years ago, the university held its first Literary Festival, which this year takes on ‘foundations’ as its timely theme. Over one week, Elif Shafak, Anne Fine, Ali Smith, Will Self
and a heap of other great minds will celebrate Shaw’s inquisitiveness by delving into ‘the causes of things’, which remains the university’s motto to this day. They’ll take some topics we think we understand - such as freedom, identity, politics and memory - and show us that we don’t know quite as much as we think…