Michael Bond, who won the 2015 British Psychological Society prize for The Power of Others, is a writer specialising in human behaviour and a former editor and reporter at New Scientist. He is currently teaching writing as a Royal Literary Fund fellow at Oxford Brookes University. He is also the author of Wayfinding.
Entertaining and insightful * The Times * Highly enjoyable * Independent * A celebration of human idiosyncrasy and of our talent for building shared meaning and solidarity out of the strangest material * TLS * A fascinating insight into why people come together in pursuit of something they love and the very real benefits it can bring to our lives * i-D * Bond’s research is extensive, informative, engagingly presented and his topic timely. * Financial Times *