Today we welcome Simon Stephenson at 12pm SLT. His second novel “Set my Heart to Five” is a wonderfully life-affirming tale of a robot who leaves his dentistry business behind to make it as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Fittingly, we will congregate in a arthouse theatre today and we shall examine the power of communal enjoyment of classic movies as a means to bring us closer to our human essence, even as we embody as avatars. Or robots for that matter! Meantime: visit Book Club Island and watch past shows via the playlist below:

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