Conversation with the Author: The Optician of Lampedusa

This October, Cardiff Amnesty is pleased to partner with Cardiff University BookTalk for their first event of the academic year.

The Cardiff Amnesty Human Rights Book Club is delighted to be hosting another joint event with Cardiff University BookTalk.

Our next book: Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat

We are now up to our fifth book since the Cardiff Amnesty Human Rights Book Club began and we continue to cover a range of thought-provoking material. Our last read, I Didn’t Do It For You by Michela Wrong, focused on the long and complex history of the country of Eritrea. This book provided an…

Our next book: The Power of Privilege by June Sarpong

At the last meeting of the book club we focussed on The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. This was the first fiction book we had read and covered everything from class to identity. It also divided opinion among the group which led to some lively conversation.  We are now approaching the fourth meeting of the…

Our next book: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

We are now approaching the third meeting of the Cardiff Amnesty International Human Rights Book Club. The book club has been a roaring success and the last book, Unicorn: Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen by Amrou Al-Kadhi, made for a great conversation.  Our next book club meeting will be held virtually on 15th March…

Cardiff Amnesty International Group Human Rights Book Club

On 7th December 2020, we will be hosting the first meeting of the Cardiff Amnesty International Group Human Rights Book Club. As the name suggests, the focus of the book club will be on human rights, but particular topics will be covered over three consecutive books. Our initial focus will be on racism in the…