Sir Godfrey (Geoff) Palmer: The Books That Made Me

This is a digital only event. When you buy tickets you will be redirected to our digital providers site on Vimeo to complete the transaction.

An online version of our popular The Books That Made Me series.

Sir Godfrey Henry Oliver Palmer OBE is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Life Sciences at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and a human rights activist.

He discovered the barley abrasion process whilst a researcher at the Brewing Research Foundation from 1968 to 1977. In 1998, Palmer became the fourth person, and the first European, to be honoured with the American Society of Brewing Chemists Award of Distinction, considered the "Nobel prize of brewing". In 1989, he became the first black professor in Scotland, becoming a professor emeritus after he retired in 2005. He was knighted in the 2014 New Year Honours.

Sir Godfrey will be discussing his life, career and the books that have been the most important to him with Subrina Ward.

This event is sponsored by The Open University in Scotland.

This event will be available to watch for three weeks after the broadcast date of 6th May 2022 to accommodate different time zones (removed after 27th May 2022). This performance is included in the Aye Write 2022 festival pass, so you will not need to purchase this event if you have already purchased a pass.