Dan Richards is an acclaimed non-fiction writer specialising in art, travel and adventure. His first book, Holloway – co-authored with Robert Macfarlane and illustrated by Stanley Donwood – became a Sunday Times bestseller and has been translated into several languages. His latest book Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark details his subsequent investigation into “the who and the how of the nocturnal world”.
Ali Millar is an author and journalist. Her debut, The Last Days was a Guardian Book of the Year and tells the story of life inside the Jehovah’s Witnesses. It has been called a ‘real life handmaid’s tale’. Her debut novel AVA ANNA ADA weaves climate chaos, lust, poetry and violence in a contemporary fable.
Philip Carr-Gomm is an English writer specialising in the fields of psychology and Druidry. He is also a trained psychotherapist and was Chosen Chief of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids for 32 years. His books include The Book of English Magic, The Druid Way, and The Gift of the Night. His latest book, The Long Man and Friends was co-written with Catalyst Club host David Bramwell.