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Venue
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Date
Thu 20 Aug 2026
Time
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Edinburgh International Book Festival

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Darren McGarvey: Trauma Industrial Complex image
Synopsis:

What makes us share our inner world with strangers? Darren McGarvey is a broadcaster, hip-hop artist, and campaigner, and his newest book, Trauma Industrial Complex: How Oversharing Became a Product in a Digital World, reflects on the commodification of trauma. The Orwell Prize-winning author of Poverty Safari shares his experience building a career through rapping and campaigning, and examines how personal narratives have been repackaged into digestible confessionals for public consumption. Chaired by Ali Millar.