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Writers Live: Jo Thornely on cults
14th Mar '19 @ Berkelouw Paddington


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Dear reader,

We are very excited to invite you what will surely be a highly entertaining and informative evening. On March 14th at 6.30pm at Berkelouw Books Paddington (19 Oxford Street, Paddington), we are lucky to host the wonderful Jo Thornely, author of "Zealot" and host of the popular podcast of the same name. This book, surely to captivate you from the moment you begin reading, is a comprehensive look at cults around the world and why people are drawn to them.

Jo Thornely has been writing opinion pieces, articles and recaps for over ten years, featuring in and on Marie Claire, news.com.au, Yahoo7, The Women's Weekly, King's Tribune, The Punch and Madison, plus voice-over scripts for television and digital projects, pieces for Women Of Letters, Confession Booth and Erotic Fan Fiction, and co-writing Charlotte Dawson's Air Kiss and Tell: Memoirs of a Blow-Up Doll. She is obsessed with cults.

Please book your tickets here, as we expect them to go fast!

 

About "Zealot":

 

Based on the popular Australian podcast ZEALOT, this is a comprehensive look at cults around the world and why people are drawn to them.

Why would anyone join a cult?

Maybe they're unhappy with their current religion, or they want to change the world, or they're disappointed with their lives and want to find something bigger or holier that makes sense of this confusing, chaotic and dangerous world. Or maybe they just want to give themselves the best possible chance of having sex with aliens.

Whatever the reason, once people are in, it's usually very difficult for them to leave. Cults have ways of making their followers do loopy, dangerous stuff to prove their loyalty, and in return they get a chance to feel secure within the cult's embrace, with an added bonus of being utterly terrified of the outside world.

From the tragic JONESTOWN Kool-Aid drinkers to the Australian cult THE FAMILY to the fiery Waco climax of THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS, this book is a wide-sweeping look at cults around the world, from the host of the popular podcast ZEALOT.

Where: 19 Oxford Street, Paddington, 2021, Sydney, AU
When: Thu, 14th Mar
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

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