Literary critic, poet, and former Granta editor John Freeman embarked on a new project recently, an eponymous biannual anthology publication bringing together fresh perspectives from established names and new voices. Prior issues of Freeman’s have focused on themes of “Arrival,” “Home,” and “Family,” but in the newly released fourth issue, instead of focusing on a theme, Freeman instead turned to recommendations from editors, critics, translators, and authors worldwide to compile a list of 29 international authors whose works embody “The Future of New Writing.” Freeman likens the selection process to “the fashion by which literature travels in general...hitchhiking from one fellow-traveler to another.” The BBF is pleased to host one of the launch events for this exciting new issue of Freeman’s, featuring Freeman himself in conversation with three contributors to the issue: Garnette Cadogan, an essayist at work on a book on walking; Édouard Louis, author of the bestselling novels The End of Eddy and History of Violence; and Tania James, author most recently of the novel The Tusk that Did the Damage. Come get to know these authors and more whose work will sustain—and perhaps even define—the future of literature.
