Sydney Writers' Festival 2008 - Online Program
Michael Pollan in Conversation with Caroline Baum
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Michael Pollan is one of America’s most fascinating, original, and elegant writers who has been writing books and articles for the last 20 years about places where the human and natural worlds intersect.

The Omnivore’s Dilemma – in which he explains how our food not only affects our health but has far-reaching political, economic, and environmental implications – was named one of the 10 best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. His new book is In Defence of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. He talks with Caroline Baum.

In Conversation  |  Food & Drink, Science & Environment
Participants
Michael Pollan, Caroline Baum (facilitator)

When
Saturday, May 24 2008
11:00 - 12:00

Where
Pier 2/3, Downstairs
Pier 2/3, Hickson Road
Walsh Bay
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Cost
$15/$10

Bookings
9250 1988
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MICHAEL POLLAN (INTERNATIONAL)Pollan, Michael
Michael Pollan has been writing about the places where human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs and architecture for the past 20 years. The Omnivore's Dilemma was named one of the 10 best books of 2006 by both The New York Times and The Washington Post. He is also the author of The Botany of Desire, A Place of my Own and Second Nature.

A long-time contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, Pollan is also the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. His writing on food and agriculture has won numerous awards, including the Reuters/World Conservation Union Global Award in Environmental Journalism, the James Beard Award, and the Genesis Award from the American Humane Association.

In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating was released this year.
www.michaelpollan.com

also appearing at...
155: The Simple Life
251: Cafe Scientific: The Future of Food

CAROLINE BAUM (LOCAL)Baum, Caroline
Caroline Baum was born and educated in London. She joined the editorial staff of British Vogue at the age of 16 before going to York University to study philosophy and politics.

As a researcher for Michael Parkinson at the BBC and for Melvyn Bragg at London Weekend television, she interviewed many prominent figures in the arts including Ingrid Bergman, Trevor Nunn, David Lean, Peter Brook and Jiri Kylian.

Arriving in Australia in 1984, Caroline was appointed arts editor of Melbourne’s Sunday Herald. As features editor at Vogue Australia, she initiated the first guest edited issue by Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin.

Caroline presented ABC TV’s book show Between the Lines and was Executive Producer of ABC Radio National’s Arts Today. She later hosted Foxtel’s bookshow Talking Books.

In 2001 Caroline became the founding editor of Good Reading magazine.

In 2006 she produced and co-wrote her first television documentary, In Search of Bony, for SBS. Her company Two Heads Media currently has several TV projects in development. She is a regular contributor to national newspapers and magazines.

Caroline’s photographic work is held in the Wollongong City Gallery. She has also designed a range of fabrics under her own label, Mollusc.

www.carolinebaum.com.au

also appearing at...
249: Helen Garner in Conversation with Caroline Baum
318: Kate Jennings in Conversation with Caroline Baum