Following their critically acclaimed Winter Tales book festival in 2021, Professors Alison Jack and Jolyon Mitchell welcomed a range of outstanding speakers and writers to the Mound in November 2022 for Books and Belief—a two-day event on the creative range of ways in which writers explore a diverse range of beliefs. Over 1,000 people came to hear a cast of speakers including Devi Sridhar, N.T. Wright, Chritra Ramaswamy, Dina Nayeri, Leila Aboulela, S.J. Parris, and the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. This year’s festival will take place from Nov. 2-4.
“Books and Belief was a wonderful event,” says Prof. Mitchell. “We’re very much looking forward to welcoming the public back at this year’s festival, and to hearing from another group of speakers—including the historian Tom Holland of The Rest is History and Dominion fame.”