Mark O’Connell is the author of Notes from an Apocalypse and To Be a Machine, which was awarded the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize, the 2019 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He is a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Slate, and the Guardian. He lives in Dublin with his family.
Mark O'Connell
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THE FARAWAY NEAR: NOTES FROM AN APOCALYPSE
Saturday, 13 November 10:30 amMark O’Connell's Notes from an Apocalypse details the lives of doomsday preppers around the world, from environmentalists fearing climate change to billionaire entrepreneurs like Peter Thiel buying property in New Zealand. Join O’Connell, live from Dublin, in conversation with fellow doomsday researcher Tom Doig.
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