Author Conversations: Jessica Gaitán Johannesson

In brief

Guests - Jessica Gaitán Johannesson

Organiser - Ryan Van Winkle

Series - Author Conversations: A Reading Series

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About the event

Jessica Gaitán Johannesson is a Swedish/Colombian writer and climate justice activist based in Edinburgh.

Her fiction, poetry and essays have appeared in The Stinging Fly, The Scotsman, Witness Magazine and Wasafiri among other publications.

Her debut novel How We Are Translated, published in 2021, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize.

She is Wasafiri Magazine’s Writer-in-Residence for 2021-22 and works as Digital Campaigns Manager for Lighthouse Books, Edinburgh’s radical bookshop which seeks to bring activism and reading together. Her collection The Nerves and Their Endings: Essays on Crisis and Response is forthcoming with Scribe in August 2022.

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About the series

Every year, the Writer-in-Residence programmes a series of Author Readings and Conversations with the best and brightest writers around.

These free events are open to everyone. Spaces are limited, so please book your ticket through Eventbrite.

Books will be available for purchase and signing thanks to Lighthouse Books.