Remember – words are your weapons, they’re your tools, your currency.

Following on from the success of her debut, Assembly, Natasha Brown’s Universality has been longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 and was the must-read novel of 2025 in The Guardian, Sunday Times, GQ, Elle, The Observer, The Independent, Radio Times, Harper’s Bazaar and Good Housekeeping.

Find out why as Natasha is joined in conversation to reflect on her twisty, slippery story of media, class, power and truth, and the spectacular force of language.

'In a class of her own.' Financial Times

'Confirms Natasha Brown as a major talent.' Observer

Tickets: Natasha Brown: Power & Prose - Canterbury Festival

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