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title: "Summer 2016 Issue Launch Party, 2 June"
date: "2016-05-09T15:36:40+01:00"
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url: "https://rationalists.org.uk/2016/05/09/summer-2016-issue-launch-party-2-june/"
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# Summer 2016 Issue Launch Party, 2 June

 ![Cover](https://rationalists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/images/cover-web123.jpg)  
Summer 2016 Issue Launch Party

*With Cal Flyn and Reni Eddo-Lodge*

Thursday 2nd June, 7pm

Waterstones Piccadilly

Join us as we launch the Summer 2016 edition of *New Humanist* magazine, with Cal Flyn, who will be talking about her new memoir *Thicker than Water* (William Collins).

*Cal Flyn was holidaying at her childhood home in Scotland when she stumbled upon a disturbing family secret. She discovered that her great-great-great uncle, Angus McMillan, who had been mythologised as a great explorer and pioneer of early Australia, had in fact been the leader of a number of gruesome massacres of indigenous people. Driven to piece together his story and to investigate her own family history, Cal decided to retrace his journey, looking for answers: How could a man lauded for his integrity commit such appalling acts? What have been the long-term consequences of his actions? And has today’s generation inherited a responsibility to atone for its ancestors’ sins?*

Cal will be in conversation with Reni Eddo-Lodge, *New Humanist* columnist and commentator on race, politics and popular culture.

Tickets are £5 (£3 for members of the Rationalist Association) redeemable against a copy of the book, and include a free glass of wine plus a copy of the latest New Humanist. To purchase your ticket please email <piccadilly@waterstones.com> or telephone 020 7851 2400.