In the last few weeks I’ve been busy with writing and interviews all about the book. So far I’ve pontificated to outlets as diverse as the U.S version of Cosmopolitan (on why swearing can be arousing) and BBC Focus Magazine on the origin and future of swearing. With the UK and Canada launch dates now less than a month away, the public and broadcast appearances are starting to ramp up. In the coming weeks I’m appearing at the Science Museum (25th October) and Stylist Live (12th November.)
I spent last Friday in a fantastic planning session with comedian and juicy brain Jessica Fostekew, preparing for a workshop on the 12th November at Stylist Live, where we’ll join with 175 lucky people to banish impostor syndrome and build confidence through the magic of swearing. We had so much fun planning it, I can’t wait to share the life changing magic of saying “fuck you!”
And next week, I’m speaking at the Science Museum Lates. They’ve quite sensibly put me in the basement for that one. I’m on at 20:40 and 21:15 (sessions are about 25 minutes long.) Come along and find out how I switched from robots to swearing, why video games really do hurt, and what I think is the meanest psychology experiment ever devised… The first session will be BSL interpreted too!
Emma Byrne, Science Writer and Broadcaster 