NAOMI KLEIN is an award-winning journalist and the New York Times bestselling author of seminal books such as Doppelganger, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, and On Fire. Naomi has dedicated her career to offering clarity and building solidarity on the most pressing social issues, and to date, her books have been published in over 35 languages worldwide. In her latest book, the NYT bestseller Doppelganger, she explores what she calls the “Mirror World”: our current landscape of doubles and confusion born of misinformation, political polarization, and the rise of Artificial Intelligence. Part riveting memoir, part brilliant social analysis, this TIME Best Non-Fiction Book begins by grappling with Naomi’s own doppelganger and unfolds into a larger exploration of what it means to be human today. Through her body of work, Naomi offers us not only a deeper understanding of the crises we face, but also a path towards a more hopeful future.

Derek Beaulieu is the author/editor of over twenty-five collections of poetry, prose, and criticism. His most recent volume of fiction, Silence: Lectures and Writings, was published by Sweden’s Timglaset Editions, his most recent volume of poetry, Surface Tension, was published by Toronto’s Coach House Books. Beaulieu has received multiple local and national awards for his teaching and dedication to students, the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for this dedication to Albertan literature and is the only graduate from the University of Calgary’s Department of English to receive the Faculty of Arts ‘Celebrated Alumni Award.’ He holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Roehampton University, has served as poet laureate of both Calgary and Banff, and is the Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.