JAMIL JIVANI at Brisbane Writers Festival

Join Jamil Jivani at the 2019 Brisbane Writers Festival on the 7th and 8th of September. Jamil will be speaking about extremism, truth and his new book Why Young Men.

Extreme

Jamil Jivani, Ginger Gorman and Mark Isaacs

Inside the minds of extremists – how can we understand extremists and prevent people from joining them?

Saturday 7th September, 1pm -2pm
QAG Lecture Theatre
Tickets $12-$23
Additional information can be found here.

Why Young Men

Jamil Jivani and Richard Cooke

Across the world, we are seeing an explosion of unpredictable violence committed by alienated young men. Why Young Men is not a memoir but a book of ideas that pursues a positive path and offers a counterintuitive, often provocative argument for a change in the way we look at young men, and for how they see themselves. Jamil Jivani discusses his approach with Richard Cooke.

Sunday 8th September, 10am – 11am
Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland
Tickets $12-$23
Additional information can be found here.

Can Truth Make a Comeback?

Jamil Jivani, David Isaacs and Richard Cooke

Fake news, the rise of the far right, voting driven by fear. More now than ever, people are craving truth based on evidence and facts. How and where do we find it? Who is setting the example we all crave?

Sunday 8th September, 4pm – 5pm
Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland
Tickets $12-$23
Additional information can be found here.

Jamil Jivani was raised in Toronto with an absent father and a distrust of the police which saw him heading towards a life of crime. He is now a corporate lawyer and a visiting professor at Toronto’s Osgoode Hall Law School focussing on issues affecting youth, immigrants and low-income families. His book Why Young Men is not just a powerful and beautifully written non-fiction narrative book, it’s a book of ideas that pursues a positive path and offers a counterintuitive, often provocative argument for a sea change in the way we look at young men, and for how they see themselves.