Live online Author Q&As

Welcome to our new series of live online events in which you get to interact and put questions to some of the best sports writers and running authors around. Theses live sessions will take place virtually, on Zoom, and tickets cost £6 per event. So grab yourself a glass a wine, or a cup of tea, find a comfy spot on the sofa, and log in for a fascinating evening/afternoon/morning chat (depending on your timezone).

Access to all events is free to Patreon subscribers (sign up at patron.com/adharanandfinn) and paid Substack subscribers (adharanand.substack.com). Subscribers will be emailed a link 24 hours before the event.

 
Damian Hall

DAMIAN HALL

Online: weds 29 Jan 2025, 8pm (UK time)

Damian Hall is an ultramarathon runner, coach, activist and author. He has represented Great Britain, won the Spine Race and finished fifth at the UTMB, along with breaking several records/FKTs. The Green Runners’ co-founder has written two books, the bestselling In It For The Long Run and the award-nominated We Can’t Run Away From This.

Tickets £6

REBECCA ACHIENG AJULU-BUSHELL

Online: weds 19 Feb 2025, 8pm (UK time)

Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell was the first Black woman to swim for Great Britain. She is also CEO of the 10,000 Interns Foundation, a non-profit that champions underrepresented talent. Her documentary, Breakfast in Kisumu, premiered in 2019, while her first book, These Heavy Black Bones - about her history-making swimming career - is shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2024.

Tickets £6

MICHAEL CRAWLEY

Online: weds 19 MAR 2025, 8pm (UK time)

Michael Crawley is a runner, writer and social anthropologist based in Durham. He has been a runner for over 20 years, and ran a 2:20 marathon in 2018. His first book, Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia, documents his time living and training alongside runners in Ethiopia, while his latest book, To the Limit: The Meaning of Endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas, takes a similarly immersive approach, featuring overnight bike rides, ultra marathons and runs into sweltering canyons in Mexico.  

Tickets £6