Sarah Bakewell's Blog

The Swedish edition of ‘Humanly Possible’ is now out: Humanisterna, published in March 2025 by Albert Bonniers, and looking good!

The Slovenian edition of Humanly Possible is now out – Moč humanizma. Another nice cover!

Great cover for the Brazilian edition of Humanly Possible, , now out from Companhia das Letras!

The Turkish edition of ‘Humanly Possible’ is now out, from Domingo! Hümanistler: Özgür Düşünme, Sorgulama ve Umudun 700 Yıllık Tarihi

The Spanish edition of Humanly Possible is now out! It’s called Provocadores y paganos, and is published by Ariel (12 June 2024).

This is a little belated, but the paperbacks of all the English-language editions of Humanly Possible came out in March 2024. I love both the UK and US/Canada editions of the paperback cover, and the latter has changed from the hardback, so here it is. For more info on the book and latest editions, see here.

De Humanisten, the Dutch edition of Humanly Possible is now available! And there will be some events in the Netherlands to celebrate this in October: a lecture for the Humanistisch Verbond in Arnhem on the 28th, and a discussion at Amsterdam’s Brainwash Festival on 29th. Do come along if you are in those parts of the world!

I’m delighted to say that the German translation of Humanly Possible is now out – joining the Italian translation, which appeared some months ago. Wie man Mensch wird is available from C.H. Beck, and from Rizzoli. The Dutch translation is coming soon too, followed by more.

I’ll be talking about Humanly Possible at various locations in the UK in April 2023. Here are the dates and venues:

Oxford Festival, Oxford. Sunday 2 April, 12.00. Details and booking here.

Daunts Bookshop, Marylebone High Street, London. Tuesday 18 April. Time and link to follow.

Toppings Bookshop, Edinburgh. Thursday 20 April, 19.30. Details and booking here.

Festival of Ideas, Waterstones, Bristol. Tuesday 25 April, 19.00. Details and booking here.

Toppings Bookshop, Bath. W...

Tonight! Apologies for the short notice in posting this. I’m giving the Rosalind Franklin Lecture tonight in London, at Conway Hall, starting at 7.30 PM. Tickets available here – to attend in person, or to watch online. Hope to see you there!