In recent years the worldwide subversion of facts for political purposes has become a critical challenge – across elections, a pandemic and now a major European war. What is the difference between information, disinformation and misinformation? What do we know about who is doing what, how and why, and how might we counter the rising tide? Defence strategist and author David Kilcullen, researcher and author of 'A Matter of Fact' Jess Berentson-Shaw, and investigative journalist and author of 'Truthteller' Stephen Davis, come together in conversation with Kate Hannah to interrogate manipulation, unrest and the seemingly doomed quest for harnessing truth.

Supported by Royal Society Te Apārangi.

AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL, WAITUHI O TAMAKI

THURSDAY 25 AUGUST – 5.30-6.30PM KIRI TE KANAWA THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE