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• Everything's kicking off...

  Here at optimist towers we're being inudated with requests from investors, businesses, legislators and a whole host of others to help them lean into the future. This means Mark's next book is still taking longer than we hoped to emerge. The League of P...

• Editions Everywhere

  So, there's been a flurry of new editions of the book. The paperback is out in the US today, Turkish and Polish editions are now on the shelves (to supplement the Spanish) and the German edition comes out in April. Oh, and a Dutch edition has just been...

• Next meeting of London League of Pragmatic Optimists (LOPO)

  2012 is the year of LOPO.... For details of the London meeting on Jan 26th visit http://lopolondonjan2012.eventbrite.com/. International and regional chapters coming this year....

• Last talk of the year....

  Mark's last talk of the year will be addressing Science Communications students at University College London. It's been a diverse twelve months with talks to everyone from schoolchildren to CEOs. In the New Year Mark will start writing his next book - ...

• Un Viaje Optimista por el Futuro - Book launches in Spanish

  We're very happy to announce that the book is now available in Spanish - via the truly fantastic publisher Galaxia Gutenberg - who have created a Spanish web site for the book: http://www.galaxiagutenberg.com/. Mark is currently doing a host of Spanish...

• The League of Pragmatic Optimists is coming

  LOPO came about after Mark became constantly inundated with the question “What can I do?” from people reading his book, or attending talks. He realised there was a huge un-tapped army of critical thinking optimists out there, however a lot them ...

• Movie of book gets off the ground....

  We're very excited that a movie of the book (along with a spin-off TV series) is now out of the starting gate after over 18 months of extreme patience and fortitude from the team involved (particularly the lovely people over at Greg Atkins Productions).

• An Optimist's Tour one of this summer's "essential reads"

  We're very chuffed that The Atlantic has selected An Optimist's Tour of the Future as one of 10 Essential Books for Thought-Provoking Summer Reading - in fact, it's number 2! Read more here

• You won't want to miss...

  Mark has been asked to co-curate with the British Library a series of talks to accompany their Out of This World exhibition. They're sure to sell out fast and it's a fascinating line up. You can find out more by following the links below: Tue 24th M...

• "I like Wired and Chorizo"

  "There's nothing like some flattery and a nice sausage to cheer you up," says Mark - which is why he's very happy to have a cracking review from Wired's 'Geek Dad' - and to be invited to Spain in September for the launch of Spanish language edition of...

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