We're so happy to be chatting with author Jerry Brotton on his book, "Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction" (released on Nov 5th - it's also a book birthday!). As we head into the busy holiday travels, don't you wonder about where you are going and why? How did the four directions - North, South, East, and West become a thing? Whether you are directionally challenged or savvy, this program is for you! Jerry will be answering these and so many other directional questions. We hope you can join us for this fascinating conversation!

Jerry Brotton is a professor of English and History at the University of London. A renowned broadcaster, curator, and critic, he is the author of the New York Times bestselling, award-winning A History of the World in 12 Maps, which has been translated into nineteen languages, The Sultan and the Queen, a Financial Times and Waterstones Book of the Year and winner of the Historical Writer’s Association Prize, The Renaissance Bazaar, and The Sale of the Late King’s Goods, a finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in London.

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Thanks to Ashland Public Library for sharing this program!