Twenty-five years after it first shook the global food system, Fast Food Nation remains one of the most influential works of investigative nonfiction of our time. To mark its publication in Penguin Modern Classics, Libreria welcomes Eric Schlosser for a wide-ranging conversation about how fast food reshaped what, and how, we eat.

When it appeared in 2001, Fast Food Nation exposed the hidden costs of convenience: labour exploitation, environmental damage, public health crises, and corporate consolidation. Two decades on, some things have changed, including transparency, awareness, and alternatives, while others have intensified.
This event looks back at the book’s legacy and forward to the future of food, asking what reform has achieved, where it has stalled, and how sustainability, technology, and power will shape the next chapter of how the world eats.

This event is free. Books available for signing on the night.