Vulture: Phoebe Greenwood in conversation with Jon Donnison - Islington

Join us with Phoebe Greenwood in conversation with Jon Donnison to discuss her latest novel VULTURE a fast-paced satire of the war news industry and its moral blind spots, and a tragi-comic coming-of-age novel.
Catch-22 on speed and set in the Middle East, Vulture is a fast-paced satire of the war news industry and its moral blind spots, and a tragi-comic coming-of-age novel. An ambitious young journalist, Sara is sent to cover a war from the Beach Hotel in Gaza, a global hub with hotel staff catering tirelessly to the needs of the world's media, even as their own homes and family are under threat. Sara will stop at nothing to prove herself, even if it means bringing disaster upon those around her.
Phoebe Greenwood is a writer and journalist who has covered British and foreign affairs for publications including the Guardian, the Spectator and the Sunday Times. She was based in Jerusalem as a Middle East stringer for the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian between 2010-2013 and a staff editor and correspondent at the Guardian in London from 2013 -2021, where she continued to commission and file from Israel/ Palestine. She has also reported for France 24 and was a host on Vice News Tonight HBO. She is currently the Europe Editor of Hyphen.
Jon Donnison is a Correspondent for BBC News based in London but working primarily out of the Middle East since October 2023.He has worked for the BBC for 25 years. Between 2009 and 2013 Jon was the BBC's Gaza and West Bank Correspondent. He has also had postings in Cairo, Washington DC and Syndey, and covered the short 2012 Gaza War alongside Phoebe (with a many a Shrimp Claypot at the "Beach Hotel").