Relearning to Read

Ann Morgan is an author, speaker and editor based in Folkestone. Ann's writing has been published widely, including in the Guardian, Independent and Financial Times, and by the BBC. In 2012, she set herself the challenge of reading a book from every country in a year – a project that led to a TED talk and to the non-fiction book Reading the World: How I Read a Book from Every Country. Her debut novel, Beside Myself, has been translated into eight languages. Crossing Over, her latest novel, draws on her experience living just a few minutes from where many of the small boats crossing the Channel land. She is Literary Explorer in Residence of the Cheltenham Literature Festival for 2022 and 2023.

'Provocative, vigorous, elegant and compelling – this beautiful book dares us to stop making our minds up, and start to open them instead. It will stimulate so much curiosity, compassion and ambition in its readers. It needs to be read as widely as possible.’