Talking about his life and work, and his new book Zero History, Gibson captures the paranoia and fear of our post-Crash times. Chaired by Cory Doctorow.

American-born William Gibson is one of the most acclaimed and successful writers of the last twenty years. He coined the phrase "cyberspace" and developed the concept in his bestselling first novel Neuromancer, creating an iconography for the Information Age long before widespread use of the Internet. His novels have moved gradually away from science fiction and futuristic work and now examine the strange contemporary world we inhabit.

"In terms of influence he is probably the most important novelist of the past two decades"  - The Guardian

"Gibson is a prophet and satirist, a black comedian and an astounding architect of cool. The danger is that even while warning us about something, he makes it so hip that someone is likely to go out and create it."  - The Spectator

William Gibson and Cory Doctorow will be signing books after the event.