Events

Geoff will be speaking at the Jaipur Literary Festival in January. For more information click HERE.

Geoff will be at the Kolkata Literary Meet in January. For more information click HERE.

For this very special closing conversation - Photography, Music and Zakir Hussain - our third in the series of talks around Ustad Museum, artist Dayanita Singh is joined by author and cultural critic Geoff Dyer in seeking to draw out ideas, learnings and stories that might emerge from their own work and experiences. Photography Music […]

Geoff will be speaking at the Lahore Literary Festival which takes place Feb 6-8th, 2026. For more information visit the festival website HERE.

Il Libro Possibile turns 25 in London with international writers Geoff Dyer, Ali Smith, Burhan Sönmez and Italian bestselling authors Daria Bignardi, Elsa Fornero, Paolo Taticchi, Mario Tozzi plus a special event with football legend Gianfranco Zola. On 11 and 12 March, the Puglia-born literary Festival, under the artistic direction of Rosella Santoro, will bring […]

Dayanita Singh and Geoff Dyer will be in conversation at Ca’Foscari University in Venice on Saturday 18 April, 5pm⁠. The two meet on the occasion of Singh's exhibition, ARCHIVO, at the Archivio di Stato, Venice – Singh’s tribute to both the Italian archives she has photographed over the past decade and to her own evolving […]

Geoff Dyer will be in conversation with Julian Stallabrass, exploring themes in photography from Dyer’s award-winning book The Ongoing Moment, his recent essay collection See/Saw, and more in an engaging live exchange. FUJIFILM Lates is a series of events featuring inspiring photographers, film screenings, engaging talks, panel discussions, and intimate book signing sessions. Location: FUJIFILM […]

Geoff will be taking part in Lisboa 5L, in conversation with Isabel Lucas on May 9th at 8pm. Journalist Isabel Lucas talks with Geoff Dyer, British novelist and essayist. Author of critical-memoiristic works on a wide variety of topics (John Berger, World War I, tennis, jazz, cinema, D.H. Lawrence, literature, drugs, photography), frequently translated into […]

What makes an artwork unforgettable? Is it beauty, shock, technique, politics, or something more personal and harder to define? In this art-focused 5x15, five leading cultural figures will each deliver a 15-minute talk on an artwork that holds particular significance for them. Taking one artwork as a starting point, each speaker will open up a […]

Geoff will be taking part in the ZEG Storytelling Festival in Tbilisi from June 19-21 with 3 different events on Friday 19 June at 1pm, Saturday 20 June at 5pm, Sunday 21st June at 3pm. For more information about the programme click HERE.

Geoff will be taking part at the Il Libro Possibile, Vieste, in Italy in July 2026. For more information visit the festival website.

The shortlist for the TLS Ackerley Prize 2026 for memoir and autobiography has been announced: Joe Dunthorne, Children of Radium (Hamish Hamilton) Geoff Dyer, Homework (Canongate)​ Charlotte Northall, Practicing Dying (Pilot Press) The winner of the Prize will be announced at a special event featuring the shortlisted authors in conversation with the chair of the […]