Speakers: Michael Ignatieff, Phillip Lopate, Adam Mars-Jones

Michael Ignatieff, Phillip Lopate and Adam Mars-Jones celebrate the essay, the sine qua non of Notting Hill Editions. Cultural beacon Michael Ignatieff, who won the first NHE biennial award for his essay on Raphael Lemkin, is the ideal person to attest why this literary miniature is a form worth revitalising. Phillip Lopate, essayist and Columbia University professor of writing, launches Portrait Inside My Head, his new collection on parenthood, marriage, sex and friendship. Adam Mars-Jones is the author of the celebrated essay ‘Noriko Smiling’ published by Notting Hill Editions in 2011.