TICKETS £10 (plus booking fee)
Join Emma-Louise Boynton in conversation with Olivia Petter for an intimate and thought-provoking discussion of Pleasure- a bold exploration of women’s relationships with their bodies, desire and sex.
Blending memoir with cultural investigation, Boynton shares her deeply personal journey from sexual disconnection and an eating disorder to rediscovering intimacy, confidence and embodied pleasure. What begins in the sex therapy room unfolds into a wider, urgent conversation about the societal forces that shape how women experience, and often suppress, their desire.
Together, Boynton and Petter will unpack the myths and pressures surrounding female pleasure, from restrictive beauty standards and damaging cultural narratives to the complexities of modern, app-driven intimacy. This is a conversation that challenges the idea that disconnection is a personal failing, instead revealing the broader systems at play.
Honest, provocative and empowering, this event offers not just insight, but a hopeful path forward — reframing pleasure not as a luxury, but as something vital to reclaim.
AUTHOR BIO
Emma-Lousie Boynton is a writer and the founder of Sex Talks - an award-winning live event and podcast series exploring intimacy and pleasure. She began her career in broadcast journalism, working as a producer and editor at Sky News and BBC, covering politics. But a transformative experience in sex therapy shifted the course of her life and work, and since then, Boynton has been focused on a single mission: to open up access to the kind of conversations and insights that reshaped her own understanding of pleasure, and to make them available to other women. Pleasure: The Reclamation of My Body is her debut book.
CHAIR BIO
Olivia Petter is an award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster based. She writes widely on relationships, culture and women’s lives, with work published in The Sunday Times, Vogue, GQ, ELLE and The Independent. She is the creator and host of the Millennial Love podcast (later relaunched as Love Lives), and her work regularly leads to appearances across TV and radio, including the BBC and ITV. Her first book, Millennial Love, blends memoir, interviews and social commentary, while her debut novel, Gold Rush, received widespread critical acclaim.
Emma-Lousie will also be signing copies of her book, Pleasure, which will be available to purchase on the night. This event will take place upstairs in The Nightingale Room at The Grand Central Pub, Brighton. There is a licensed bar, but unfortunately there is no wheelchair access available at this venue.
DOORS OPEN : 19:00
TALK STARTS : 19:30
AUDIENCE Q&A : 20:30
BOOK SIGNING : 21:00