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Hatchards are delighted to be hosting a panel discussion with some of the finest academic and journalistic minds investigating these questions in Burma today. We are joined by:
Francis Wade, author of 'MYANMAR'S ENEMY WITHIN: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim ‘Other’' and a journalist whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, Asia Times and Foreign Policy.
Professor Mandy Sadan. author of 'WAR AND PEACE IN THE BORDERLANDS OF MYANMAR', and a Reader in the... History of South East Asia at SOAS, University of London, where she is also Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.
Dr Hans Steinmüller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at LSE, with a research focus on the increasing militarism of the Wa peoples in the China/Myanmar borderlands.
Finally, chairing this discussion on the place of ethnic, religious and other minorities in Burma will be Melyn McKay, a research anthropologist at the University of Oxford specialising in women’s participation in religious nationalist movements in Burma.
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Hatchards are delighted to be hosting a panel discussion with some of the finest academic and journalistic minds investigating these questions in #Burma today. We are joined by:
Francis Wade, author of 'MYANMAR'S ENEMY WITHIN: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim ‘Other’' and a journalist whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, Asia Times and Foreign Policy.
Professor Mandy Sadan. author of 'WAR AND PEACE IN THE BORDERLANDS OF MYANMAR', and a Reader in th...e History of South East Asia at SOAS, University of London, where she is also Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.
Dr Hans Steinmüller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at LSE, with a research focus on the increasing militarism of the Wa peoples in the China/Myanmar borderlands.
Finally, chairing this discussion on the place of ethnic, religious and other minorities in Burma will be Melyn McKay, a research anthropologist at the University of Oxford specialising in women’s participation in religious nationalist movements in Burma.
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"A must-see film for anyone who wants to understand Burma today. Britain & Burma have an amazing shared history, and this film tells it with subtlety & humour that will take you by surprise.” Levison Wood, filmmaker, author and explorer, star of Channel 4’s 'Walking the Nile’.
Our host for the evening will be Robert Hardman, royal commentator, biographer, columnist and author, in conversation with filmmaker Alex Bescoby, an award-winning documentary producer, presenter and the filmmaker behind WE WERE KINGS.

Hatchards are delighted to host this panel discussion with three of Burma’s foremost writers, activists and academics, sharing their personal experience of life under military rule in a conversation chaired by the UK’s former ambassador to Myanmar. We are joined by: Ma Thida, Ko Ko Thett, Dr Daw Khin Mar Mar Kyi and chairing this discussion will be Vicky Bowman, UK Ambassador to Myanmar (Burma) from 2002 to 2006.

AN IMPECCABLE SPY is the thrilling true story of Richard Sorge - the man John le Carré called 'the spy to end all spies', and whose actions turned the tide of the Second World War. Hatchards are delighted to be hosting Owen Matthews, the book's author, in our first of an event series with the fabulous publication, History Today.

Hatchards are delighted to be hosting Lorna Luft Official, The New York Times bestselling author and daughter of Judy Garland, for a public book signing of: A STAR IS BORN.
Signing will start at 6pm. Stock is limited.

At 18:30 on Wednesday 13 March, Rachel Reeves MP joins us to discuss her new book - WOMEN OF WESTMINSTER - and bring forgotten MPs from out of the shadows.
She will be joined by our fantastic chairperson for the evening, Ayesha Hazarika, Scottish comedian, broadcaster, political commentator, and former political adviser to senior The Labour Party politicians.

Mad hares, the downfall of Julius Caesar and St Patrick’s Day are some of the well-known associations with this month. Apart from a few unseasonable days, it is too cold to venture far, so settle down by the fire and enjoy some vintage crime stories. As well as handy paperback reissues we also have a number of classic hardbacks in stock. Do contact the second-hand department if you would like more information on specific titles.

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Why do we love visits from Posy Simmonds so much? Because this is her signature! CASSANDRA DARKE, published by Jonathan Cape, continues to be a firm customer favourite, and we now have more signed copies available at the shop - visit, call or email books@hatchards.co.uk us to purchase yours.
About the book:
Cassandra Darke is an art dealer, mean, selfish, solitary by nature, living in Chelsea in a house worth £7 million.
... She has become a social pariah, but doesn’t much care. Between one Christmas and the next, she has sullied the reputation of a West End gallery and has acquired a conviction for fraud, a suspended sentence and a bank balance drained by lawsuits. On the scale of villainy, fraud seems to Cassandra a rather paltry offence – her own crime involving: no violence, no weapon, no dead body.
But in Cassandra’s basement, her young ex-lodger, Nicki, has left a surprise, something which implies at least violence and probably a body, something which forces Cassandra out of her rich enclave and onto the streets. Not those local streets paved with gold and lit with festive glitter, but grimmer, darker places, where she must make the choice between self-sacrifice and running for her life. @ Hatchards
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