We Need New Stories. In Conversation with Nesrine Malik about her new book on the dangerous myths that maintain the status quo. 7-8.30pm Hall One King's Place, London, N1 9AG

Authors on Stage. In Conversation with Fatima Bhutto. What does it mean to be a citizen? 7.30pm, National Theatre, Upper Ground, Lambeth, London SE1 9PX

How to find your voice as a writer. A Guardian masterclass in polemica writing. They say you should dance like no one’s watching. I think you should write in a similar frame of mind, In this three hour class I explain how and why. 6.30-930pm, The Guardian, 90 King's Way, London, N1 9AG

Hope and Resistance An in depth interview with editor, critic and broadcaster, Ella Affrey about my work at Macnhester's Home Theatre at 2 Tony Wilson Place, M15 4FN

Black Bodies, Grey Matter. Ake Arts and Book Festival. Exploring the nexus between thephysical and the mental as it relates to the depictions of and work from the African diaspora. Lagos, Nigeria October 24-27

Things Fall Apart - identity, insecurity and fracturing societies: 10am-6pm, The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB Panel. British Psychoanalytic Council