About this Event
Join us at Waterstones Guildford to for the paperback release of Logging Off with author Adele Zeynep Walton who will be in conversation with Laura Wyatt-Smith, author of Screensaver.
Adele Zeynep Walton is a British Turkish journalist, online safety campaigner and the author of Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World. She is a member of Bereaved Families for Online Safety and a youth ambassador for People Vs Big Tech.
As a freelance journalist Adele has written for The Independent, the i, Dazed, i-D, VICE, Metro, The Big Issue, Jacobin, Open Democracy, Tribune, Huck, gal-dem, The New Arab and more. Her articles have been translated into Brazilian Portuguese, German, Italian, Swedish, Turkish and Spanish, and she has featured on Times Radio, LBC Radio, Sky News, BBC Radio Scotland and Channel 4 News and more.
She is also the co-founder of Logging Off Club, which brings people together offline at phone free events to reconnect and promote connection, curiosity and wellness.
We live in a digital world. In the 30 years since we've been online, we've created connections, crossed boundaries and discovered new worlds. We have done things generations before us could never have imagined.
Logging Off
But at what cost?
Growing up as a Gen Z, Adele spent endless hours as a teenager on social media, shaping her view of herself and the world. As a freelance journalist, she has used her social media platforms and digital technology to develop a career in an unfamiliar and competitive industry, benefitting from the opportunities that these spaces can offer. But after losing her sister to online harms, she realised that our current digital world is failing us.
We are an anxious and discontent generation. Our lived realities and our online vulnerabilities are inextricably linked, and this means big business for social media tycoons who want us to stay scrolling at any cost. As Big Tech barons make their billions, capitalising on our emotions, instincts, insecurities and desires, everyday people are losing out.
This book is a call for a radical reclamation of our digital world, for a more humane future that empowers us all.
Laura Wyatt-Smith is a coach, speaker and author helping leards and parents to naviage modern life and work. Laura has twenty years' experience in leadership at some of the UK's foremost children and youth organisations, inclusing as a current Trustee for the UK's national charity for working parents, Working Families.
Screensaver
Is your child ready for a smartphone?
And are you ready to let them have one?
With so much negative attention surrounding smartphones, it's harder than ever to know when to give your child a phone - and how to support them when you do. Blending expertise with non-judgemental advice, Screensaver helps parents prepare for this modern milestone, addressing topics including:
- The right time to get a phone
- Choosing a phone and parental controls
- Open communication and tricky topics
- Finding a healthy balance
Digital wellness educator and coach Laura Wyatt-Smith empowers parents to make feel-good decisions for and with their child in the digital world. Friendly and authoritative, Screensaver is a reassuring guide to your family's smartphone journey.
Adele and Laura will talk about Logging Off before an audience Q&A and book signing.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Waterstones, 50-54 High Street, Guildford, United Kingdom
GBP 5.00 to GBP 14.00
