Credit: Reni Eddo-Lodge is speaking at Stylist Live Luxe
Stylist Live Luxe
Stylist Live Luxe 2019: 5 reasons you absolutely have to see Reni Eddo-Lodge at this year’s event
By Ellie Norris
Updated 6 years ago
Reni Eddo-Lodge is joining us for this year’s Stylist Live Luxe. We’re very excited for many reasons, here are five of them.
Award-winning journalist, author and podcaster, Reni Eddo-Lodge is not short of accolades. Her debut non-fiction, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race became a top five Sunday Times Bestseller and won The British Book Awards Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year 2018 amongst many other awards.
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race also topped a 2018 public poll by Academic Book Week, to be named the most influential book written by a woman. The book was reported to have received 12% of the public vote, besting titles including Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own and Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl.
Eddo-Lodge was one of the 10 cover stars we revisited to celebrate our tenth birthday and this November she’ll be back to talk at Stylist Live LUXE, following rave reviews of her discussions of race and racism at our 2017 event.
We’re busy getting ready for one of our biggest events of the year and having her name on the bill makes it that bit more exciting. If you need any more persuading on why you need to see this incredibly talented woman speak, here are five reasons why we love her:
1. She knows her stuff
Reni Eddo-Lodge is a writer on race and gender issues, analysing how both affect our daily lives. She is a former contributing editor at Feminist Times, and she was a judge for the Woman’s Hour Power List, 2014.
2. Her book is life changing
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race is a Sunday Times bestseller. It’s incredibly thought provoking and challenges many pre-established thoughts, including the common misperception the UK faces far less racial problems than in the US. She will have you thinking differently in a matter of minutes - “The mess we are living is a deliberate one. If it was created by people, it can be dismantled by people, and it can be rebuilt in a way that serves all, rather than a selfish, hoarding few.”
3. She’s an excellent journalist
Reni Eddo-Lodge is an incredible talent and we aren’t the only ones who notice. The Guardian listed her as one of the 30 most exciting people under 30 in digital media, and she made it onto The Root’s 30 Black Viral Voices Under 30 list, too.
4. Her podcasts are brilliant
Be sure to give her incredible podcast About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge a listen. If you won’t take our word for it, it’s worth noting that the podcast was named one of the best podcasts of 2018 by British GQ and Wired.
5. She says it how it is
Eddo-Lodge does not hold back on pointing out the social injustices she often experiences, and we love her for it.
At this year’s Stylist Live Luxe event, you will be able to buy a copy of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race at our Waterstones stand, where Reni Eddo Lodge will be available to sign copies.
Other AMAZING speakers you can meet at the Waterstones stand include:
Plus, Stella Creasy and Harnaam Kaur will be there signing copies of Stylist’s very own Beauty Reimagined.
Get £10 off your Stylist Live Luxe ticket using code LUXERENI at checkout. Find out more about the event here.
Image: Amaal Said
Sign up to be the first to hear what’s happening at all our upcoming events, including new launches and exclusive ticket offers.
By signing up you agree to occasionally receive offers and promotions from Stylist. Newsletters may contain online ads and content funded by carefully selected partners. Don’t worry, we’ll never share or sell your data. You can opt-out at any time. For more information read Stylist’s Privacy Policy
Thank you!
You’re now subscribed to all our newsletters. You can manage your subscriptions at any time from an email or from a MyStylist account.