About the book:

As the official bookselling partner of Intelligence Squared, Heywood Hill is thrilled to offer you ‘Is Free Speech Under Threat?’, the first instalment of Intelligence Squared's new book series ‘Think Again’, a series which aims to address today’s most challenging and important questions in a uniquely constructive format: two expert, contrasting and equally persuasive views in a single volume.

‘Is Free Speech Under Threat?’ examines a topic that always generates debate. But perhaps now, more than ever, it feels like a particularly heightened conversation and one of huge importance. 

About the authors:

Charlotte Lydia Riley is a historian of twentieth-century Britain at the University of Southampton, specialising in questions about empire, politics, culture and identity. She is editor of The Free Speech Wars and author of Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain. Her writing has appeared in a wide range of publications including the Guardian, New Statesman, Financial Times, Washington Post and History Today. She tweets @lottelydia.

Suzanne Nossel is the CEO of PEN America, the leading human rights and free expression organisation, and is a key voice on free expression issues in the United States and globally. During the first term of the Obama administration, Nossel served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organisations, where she led U.S. engagement in the United Nations on human rights and humanitarian issues. She is the author of Dare To Speak: Defending Free Speech For All and writes for publications that include the New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Guardian, TIME, Washington Post and more. She is a member of the Meta Oversight Board and the Council on Foreign Relations.

This book is published on October 10th, 2024. Pre-order now and we will make sure to send it to you as soon as it is published.