‘We really don’t have time to fanny around any more. We all need to get with the project and the project is Extinction Rebellion.’ – Irvine Welsh
- Writers join Extinction Rebellion’s call for the government to tell the truth about the climate and ecological emergency
- ‘Writers Rebel’ will hold a marathon reading in Trafalgar Square during Extinction Rebellion’s International Rebellion on 11 October at 5.30pm
- Novelists, playwrights, poets and creative non-fiction writers will be joining the protest; they include Simon Schama, Ali Smith, Naomi Alderman, Helen Simpson, Susie Orbach, AL Kennedy, Paul Farley, Daljit Nagra
Forty top UK writers – under the name ‘Writers Rebel’ – are uniting with Extinction Rebellion on 11th October in a unique literary event to demand radical action on the accelerating climate and ecological crisis as part of Extinction Rebellion’s International Rebellion. The event will take the form of a marathon reading in Trafalgar Square at 5.30pm until 9pm. In the spirit of a people’s movement, published writers will each read for no more than 5 minutes to support the rebellion.
Novelists, playwrights, poets and creative non-fiction writers including Simon Schama, Ali Smith, Naomi Alderman, Helen Simpson, Susie Orbach, AL Kennedy, Paul Farley, Daljit Nagra and Robert McFarlane will take to the stage to celebrate the natural world and draw attention to how climate breakdown is re-shaping humankind’s existence on the planet.
