Event Details

Radical Resilience is an afternoon event marking the publication of Radical Retirement: The Reinvention of Self After Work (Routledge, April 2026), a new edited volume exploring how professionals navigate identity, purpose, and leadership at moments of major transition.

Through personal narratives and reflective practice, the book challenges conventional ideas of retirement and reframes reinvention as a lifelong process.

The event brings together contributors to Radical Retirement alongside Routledge editor Rebecca Marsh for an afternoon of discussion, reflection, and engagement. A panel session will explore themes of reinvention, writing, and publishing, with opportunities for audience Q&A aimed at aspiring writers, prospective contributors to academic or business books, and those interested in the publishing process more broadly.

The programme will also include a seminar drawn from Christine Eastman’s The Power of Words, demonstrating how engagement with literature can support professional writing, publishing ambitions, and sense-making in times of change.

The afternoon will additionally mark the launch of Jan Maskell’s Work Psychology and the Climate Crisis: A Handbook of Principles and Practice, introduced as part of the wider programme.

Copies of both books, and promotional materials will be provided.

Programme

• 12.30–1.00 pm | Welcome, book introductions & refreshments.

Introductions to the afternoon and the two featured books, followed by informal networking.

• 1.00–2.00 pm | Panel discussion & audience Q&A

A discussion on writing, publishing, reinvention, and collaborative authorship, aimed at aspiring writers and those curious about academic and professional publishing.

• 2.30–3.30 pm | University–business collaboration in practice

A conversation exploring how universities and organisations can work together to cultivate imaginative, impactful learning and leadership beyond traditional career boundaries.

• 3.30–4.15 pm | Taster seminar: The Power of Words

An interactive session illustrating how literary traditions, including the Bildungsroman, can enrich writing, publishing, and leadership thinking, with examples from Herman Melville’s Redburn and Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

This event will be delivered fully in person. Sessions are designed to be attended flexibly, and guests are very welcome to arrive late, leave early, or attend only those parts of the programme most relevant to them.