Description
Join award-winning writer and filmmaker, Damian Le Bas, for a mesmerising journey beneath the waves as he discusses his new book, The Drowned Places, a powerful exploration of myth, memory, and the mysteries that lie beneath the sea.
Blending travel writing, memoir, and cultural history, Le Bas traces humanity’s enduring fascination with lost cities, from Plato’s Atlantis to the sunken ruins of Port Royal and Naples. Along the way, he confronts personal grief, the ocean’s deep significance in his Romany heritage, and the myths that shape how we see the world – and ourselves.
This is an unforgettable event about diving into the unknown, where ancient stories meet lived experience and submerged worlds resurface in unexpected ways.
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About the Speaker
Damian Le Bas
Damian Le Bas is a writer, filmmaker and visual artist. His book The Stopping Places , won the Somerset Maughan Award, a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award, and was shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year. Damian is widely published as a journalist and poet and has taught for the Arvon foundation. A recipient of a Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship, he is a member of the European Film Academy, holds a first-class degree in Theology from the University of Oxford, and was awarded an honorary Master of Education by the University of Chichester. Besides getting in the sea, he loves music, walking, and spending time in the woods and hills with his family and friends. The Drowned Places is his second book.
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