Events

Pheobe will be in conversation for around 45 minutes, we will then take audience questions and this will be followed by a book-signing.

Phoebe Greenwood is a writer and journalist who has covered British and foreign affairs for publications including the Guardian, the Spectator and the Sunday Times. She was based in Jerusalem as a Middle East stringer for the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian between 2010-2013 and a staff editor and correspondent at the Guardian in London from 2013 -2021, where she continued to commission and file from Israel/ Palestine. She has also reported for France 24 and was a host on Vice News Tonight HBO. She is currently the Europe Editor of Hyphen.

Catch-22 on speed and set in the Middle East, Vulture is a fast-paced satire of the war news industry and its moral blind spots, and a tragi-comic coming-of-age novel.

An ambitious young journalist, Sara is sent to cover a war from the Beach Hotel in Gaza, a global hub with hotel staff catering tirelessly to the needs of the world’s media, even as their own homes and family are under threat. Sara will stop at nothing to prove herself, even if it means bringing disaster upon those around her.

“Vulture is a dark satire with real claws.”―The Independent

“Imagine Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag as a war correspondent in Gaza and you’d get Sara, the cynical and raunchy antiheroine of Phoebe Greenwood’s Vulture… a daring dark comedy.”― NPR

“Blistering…. Greenwood captures the chaos of the conflict, the terror of living under constant bombardment, and the uglier aspects of war journalism.”― The Observer

“Witty and sharply drawn.”― The Sunday Times

“Astute and darkly humorous…. A caustic study of what it means to report from a conflict, and particularly relevant to the current moment.”―The Guardian

“Exceptional.”―Strong Words