Dying for Beginners: An Interview with Kathryn Mannix

About the event

IN PERSON at 11 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB

We are excited to welcome to Bristol Dr Kathryn Mannix, palliative care doctor and therapist, and best-selling author. Since taking early retirement from her clinical work, Kathryn Mannix has been campaigning to reclaim public understanding of dying. Her first book, With the End in Mind: How to Live and Die Well, skilfully and vividly tells the stories of thirty people’s deaths. Her second work, Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations, learning from her years as a cognitive behavioural therapist working with people facing the end of their lives, encouraging us all to move away from a need to ‘fix’ to truly ‘listen’.

In this special lunchtime session for Dying Matters Awareness Week, Dr Andrew Blades from the University of Bristol will interview Kathryn about her life and work. Refreshments will be available. After the interview, Kathryn will sign books.

Kathryn Mannix’s interview will be the first event run by the newly established Grief Centre, Bristol. The Centre will be officially launched in July.

Ticket cost: £5-£8

Event accessibility information: There is a wheelchair lift for a few steps at the entrance and then the room is on the ground floor. There are accessible toilets. If you would like to discuss your access requirements, please email [email protected]