02/09/2026
POLITICS & PAKORA | 14 OCTOBER 2026
We're delighted to announce the next Politics & Pakora, where we'll be exploring the work, ideas and impact of NEUROMANCERS.
Politics & Pakora is a space for democratic exchange, challenging conversations, and hearing directly from people shaping social change. This October, we're joined by Aiyana Goodfellow, Founder & Executive Director of NEUROMANCERS, for what promises to be a thought-provoking and inspiring evening.
About Aiyana:
Aiyana is a community organiser and multi-disciplinary artist whose work spans writing, music, theatre, and filmmaking. They are the author of Radical Companionship: Rejecting Pethood & Embracing Our Multispecies World and INNOCENCE & CORRUPTION: An abolitionist understanding of youth oppression (both published before their 18th birthday!).
Aiyana has founded many social justice projects, particularly those that focus on the liberation of nonhuman animals, children and young people, and neurodivergent people. Aiyana is Co-founder and Co-publisher at The Anima Print and Founder + Executive Director of NEUROMANCERS.
Connect with them: Aiyana Goodfellow
Date: 14 October 2026
Venue: The POD, 31 Far Gosford St, CV1 5DW Coventry
Time: Doors will open at 17.45 with the view thar conversations will start at 18:00
Booking: Places are limited and advance booking is essential.
To request a place, email [email protected] and tell us:
Why you would like to attend
What interests you about the discussion
This is a free (or pay as you feel gathering if that makes you feel more comfortable). We receive more interest than available places, so this helps us curate a diverse and engaged audience for meaningful discussion.
As always, expect great conversation, fresh perspectives, and of course a nourishing vegan appetiser.
CommunityOrganising DemocraticExchange ThePOD CoventryEvents PoliticalDiscussion CreativeActivism NeurodivergentVoices. Photograph is of Aiyana Goodfellow (they/them)