Book tickets
Join us for the launch of Practicing Dying, the debut book and literary anti-memoir by Charlotte Northall, who will be in conversation with writer and critic Charlie Porter.
Published by the independent imprint Pilot Press, Practicing Dying is an anarchic, provocative, and tenderly self-deprecating anti-memoir that disrupts dominant narratives around mental health and addiction, while proposing an alternative approach to treating the “sickness of self” that afflicts our modern condition.
Through reflections on addiction, institutional systems, and lived experience, the book raises critical questions about what it means to be “an addict,” and why there may be vested corporate and societal interests in maintaining a narrow, individualistic understanding of recovery.
Join us for an exciting evening as author Charlotte Northall sits down with Charlie Porter to discuss her latest work and the urgent questions it raises.
‘A story of survival and even transcendence, one earned on every page. The existence of the book itself is hope.’ - Nate Lippens
Published by the independent imprint Pilot Press, Practicing Dying is an anarchic, provocative, and tenderly self-deprecating anti-memoir that disrupts dominant narratives around mental health and addiction, while proposing an alternative approach to treating the “sickness of self” that afflicts our modern condition.
Through reflections on addiction, institutional systems, and lived experience, the book raises critical questions about what it means to be “an addict,” and why there may be vested corporate and societal interests in maintaining a narrow, individualistic understanding of recovery.
Join us for an exciting evening as author Charlotte Northall sits down with Charlie Porter to discuss her latest work and the urgent questions it raises.
‘A story of survival and even transcendence, one earned on every page. The existence of the book itself is hope.’ - Nate Lippens
Bios
Charlotte Northall is a writer based in London. Her debut book, Practicing Dying (Pilot Press, 2025), weaves autobiography with cultural criticism to examine addiction, capitalism and spiritual practice. Alongside her writing, she works with rough sleepers, supporting people living with addiction and complex mental health needs.
Charlie Porter is a London-based writer. His most recent book is the novel Nova Scotia House. He is also the author of Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion and What Artists Wear, both published by Penguin.
Pilot Press is the imprint of artist Richard Porter. Started in 2017, the press publishes a wide variety of queer, experimental and risk-taking works of literature – inspired by the collaborative, intersectional spirit of the gay liberation movement and the radical, subversive history of artist's DIY publishing.
Book tickets
07:00 pm
Wed, 17 Sep 2025
Cinema 1
£12.50 full price / £8.50 concessions
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Cinema 1
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