The Westbourne Book Binge aims to bring back a book festival to Bournemouth and give readers access to authors and hear their process of writing and creating.
I was asked by Susan England to host an author. This is very new to me and also very exciting. I don't know exactly what that means but I am meeting the author this week, which will help.
Having just reached my 50th year, my book reading exploits have been severely lacking. So too with regards the Arts so I shall be going to an Opera, listen to an Orchestra and seeing a Shakespeare play all for the first time by the end of this year.
What with the recent events regarding Facebook, ex-Russian spies, and how data can be used and exploited, this book and how nation states work within and around international law is just as relevant. In the digital age, insight and intelligence can be gathered without the methods employed in the book. It's still a point that gets argued as to how reliable is information gather under duress.
When the psychological games of interrogation turn into the physicality of torture, does this improve the chances of gaining real trusted information?
The book talk I am hosting is with Dr Helen Fry who wrote a book called The London Cage on the secret history of Britain's interrogation centres of World War 2.
The many security and law enforcement agencies of the UK work very hard to protect us in an ever changing threat landscape. This book gives some insight into how things were done during wartime and subsequent work on bringing war criminals to justice.
Click to buy tickets for Dr Helen Fry - Book Talk
The event will take place on Friday 27 Apr 2018 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm.
Venue is the Durley Dean Hotel and Spa, 28 West Cliff Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5HE.
