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Carl Honore

Ever felt like you have no time? Carl Honoré, author In Praise of Slow: How A Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed, builds a compelling case for slowing down as a way to live, work and play better in the fast-paced modern world.

Carl is an award-winning journalist and author. He worked with street children in Brazil before turning to writing. He has been a foreign correspondent in both Europe and South America for the Economist, Observer, Houston Chronicle, National Post (Canada), Miami Herald, and Time magazine.

His first book, In Praise of Slow: How A Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed, examines the modern compulsion to hurry and chronicles a global trend toward putting on the brakes. It has been translated into 29 languages and landed on bestseller lists in many countries. Hailed as a manual for leading a richer, more productive life by publications ranging from Yoga Journal and Spirituality and Health to the Economist and Business World.

Honoré lives in London with his wife, who is also a writer, and their two young children. His next book, Under Pressure, examines childhood and parenting in the 21st century and will be published in March 2008.