The next bookclub meeting will be on November 6th in the Business School at Manchester Metropolitan University, with refreshments available at 6.30pm. We will be discussing "The Health of Strangers" by Lesley Kelly. The bookclub is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2019.

Join fellow bibliophiles to discuss the topics of viral spread and infection control in this fast-paced crime thriller set in a post-pandemic, near-future Edinburgh. You’ll discover how fiction writers bring fresh perspectives to the age-old horrors of infectious disease. Can scientists, epidemiologists and public health specialists learn new tricks by reading fiction like this? Could we ever expect an officer from Health Enforcement knocking on our door in the middle of the night?

During the evening, we will Skype with author Lesley Kelly to find out more about her motivations for writing the story and what she discovered about epidemiology during her research.

Don’t forget to read the book in advance!

To register for this talk, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cities-2050-esrc-festival-of-social-science-tickets-73809932495