Journalist. Author. Filmmaker. Activist.
Naomi Klein.
Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of nine critically acclaimed books published in over 35 languages. The University of British Columbia Professor of Climate Justice.
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Doppelganger.
On its release in September 2023, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World hit multiple bestseller lists in the US, including The New York Times and the Independent Booksellers Association national and regional lists, and it was a #1 bestseller in Canada for several weeks.
Doppelganger was the inaugural winner of the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction and was shortlisted for several other awards. It was selected for best-of-the year lists including The New York Times Notable Books of 2023, Time Magazine Top Ten Non-Fiction Books of the Year, a Guardian Best Idea Book of 2023, The Times (UK) Books of the Year, an Audible Books Best of the Year for non-fiction audiobooks, Slate’s 10 Best Books of 2023, Amazon’s Top 20 Nonfiction Books of 2023, The New York Times list of Best Audiobooks of 2023, Goodreads Choice Awards nominee for Best Nonfiction of the Year, where it came #6 out of 15 nominees, and more. New York Magazine’s Vulture named Doppelganger #1 Book of the Year. It is available now in paperback.
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Now available, Israel, Palestine, and the Doppelganger Effect, a standalone excerpt from Doppelganger that includes Chapter 13: The Nazi in the Mirror and Chapter 14: The Unshakable Ethnic Double plus an introduction and endnotes – free to read and share here.
Welcome to The Mirror World Video
I asked video wizard Colby Richardson to make a book trailer for Doppelganger. He went and made a beautiful and trippy work of art. I’m so grateful. Welcome to The Mirror World…
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Zeteo
January 30, 2025
In this new episode of ‘Unshocked,’ the first of 2025, Naomi and Mehdi discuss the first ten days of President Donald J. Trump’s second term and his intentional use of “shock and awe” tactics, with his administration issuing a seemingly endless series of draconian and contentious executive orders, including ending DEI in the government, freezing federal money and grants, and ordering ICE to raid migrant communities – including in church!
The New Statesman
October 19, 2024
It is vanishingly rare for a writer to both confront the ugliness of humanity and still search for its beauty. Roy is that rare writer.
The Guardian
October 5, 2024
A year later, memorials to the 7 October attacks use art, virtual reality and dark tourism to stir support for limitless violence. But there is a different way to remember.
