Kim A Snyder
Kim A Snyder is the director and producer of the 2025 documentary The Librarians, which discusses book bans in the USA
Murong Xuecun
Murong Xuecun is one of China’s most celebrated dissident writers, and author of Deadly Quiet City: Stories From Wuhan, Covid Ground Zero.
Victoria Amelina
Victoria Amelina was a Ukrainian novelist and war crimes investigator. She authored two novels and a children’s book as well as winning the Joseph Conrad Literary Award prior to her death in a Russian missile attack in Ukraine in 2023.