How is the world of food writing and media changing, and how is this in turn revolutionising the way we eat? How do we and should we write about food in today’s socio-political climate? How do we talk about pleasure in a world of excessive consumption and increasing scarcity?

The Oxford Review of Books is delighted to announce their showcase panel on Present Preoccupations and Future Directions in Food Writing and Media.

Speakers include:

• Tim Hayward, the Financial Times’ revered food critic

• Professor Diane Purkiss (Keble College), recent recipient of the Guild of Food Writers’ Award for English Food: A People’s History

• Michèle Roberts, Royal Society of Literature Fellow and Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts: poet and food writer well-known for Food, Sex, and God: On Writing and Inspiration and French Cooking for One

• Helen Graves, bestselling cookbook writer and editor of the award-winning Pit Magazine

• Jason Lowe, ground-breaking food photographer and founder of the much-lauded Towpath Café in Hoxton (recently made waves for his work celebrating 30 years at St. John Restaurant)