Mad, Bad and Sad has won the 2009 BMA Award for the PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE. Mad, Bad and Sad has now appeared in Holland and Belgium to great media interest. Lisa appeared on Newsnight Review talking about the Anish Kapoor and Turner Exhibitions, as well as the HBO series In Treatment. Oct 14 2009 marks the inaugural PEN PINTER PRIZE to be presented at the British Library to the brilliant writer, dramatist, and poet, Tony Harrison, maker of Blashpemers’ Banquet. Lisa will be appearing at the Cheltenham Festival on 16 October. Lisa will be speaking at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas on 21 October and on 4 November will be interviewing Catherine Millet at London’s French Institute.

Big Ideas:  Jenny Diski's The Sixties and Eva Hoffman's Time are now available from Profile Books.