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title: "Autumn 2016 Issue Launch Party, 30 August"
date: "2016-07-22T12:33:06+01:00"
modified: "2016-07-22T12:33:06+01:00"
url: "https://rationalists.org.uk/2016/07/22/autumn-2016-issue-launch-party-30-august/"
post_id: 6550
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# Autumn 2016 Issue Launch Party, 30 August

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**Autumn 2016 Issue Launch Party Tuesday 30 August, 7pm  
Waterstones Piccadilly**

Join our contributors Owen Hatherley and Dawn Foster in conversation to mark the launch of the Autumn 2016 New Humanist.

*The Chernobyl accident of 1986 is one of the greatest catastrophes of the nuclear age, yet its aftermath was followed by a wave of local solidarity and international co-operation. Does it take a disaster to get people to help one another? Should such an event make us think again about the potential of new technology?*

[Owen Hatherley](/contributors/1460/owen-hatherley) writes on architecture, politics and popular culture, and is the author of books including The Ministry of Nostalgia (Verso, 2016) and Landscapes of Communism (Allen Lane, 2015).

[Dawn Foster](/contributors/4404/dawn-foster) writes on social affairs, politics and economics. Her debut book, Lean Out, was published by Repeater earlier this year.

*Tickets are £5, redeemable against one of the authors’ books, 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.*