Hello, I'm Carl Honoré, voice of the Slow Movement. My TED talk on the benefits of slowing down has been viewed over 3 million times.

After working with street children in Brazil, I covered Europe and South America for the Economist, Observer, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, Time, National Post and other publications.

My first book, In Praise of Slow, examines our compulsion to hurry and chronicles a global trend toward putting on the brakes. The Financial Times said it is “to the Slow Movement what Das Kapital is to communism.”

My second book, Under Pressure, explores the good, the bad and the ugly of modern childrearing - and offers a blueprint for change. It was hailed by Time as a “gospel of the Slow Parenting movement.”

My third book, The Slow Fix, explores how to tackle complex problems in every walk of life, from health and relationships to business and politics, without falling for short-term quick fixes.

My latest book, Bolder: How To Age Better and Feel Better About Ageing, takes on ageist industrial complex. My second TED Talk is called Why We Should Embrace Ageing As An Adventure.

Translated into more than 35 languages, my books have landed on bestseller lists in many countries. In Praise of Slow was serialised on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week and was the inaugural choice for the Huffington Post Book Club. It also featured in a British TV sitcom, Argentina’s version of Big Brother and a TV commercial for the Motorola tablet. Under Pressure was shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust Award, the top prize for non-fiction in Canada.

On The Slow Coach, a BBC Radio 4 series, I helped frazzled, over-scheduled people slow down. I also presented a television show called Frantic Family Rescue on Australia’s ABC 1. My podcast is called The Slow Revolution.

On top of writing, broadcasting and researching the benefits of deceleration, I travel (slowly, of course) around the world to deliver speeches and workshops.

Believe me when I say I know how hard it can be to slow down. While researching In Praise of Slow, I got slapped with a speeding ticket....

WHAT THE WORLD MEDIA SAYS ABOUT ME:

“An in-demand spokesman on slowness.” (Wall Street Journal)

“The global guru on the Slow Movement." (The Globe and Mail)

“The unofficial godfather of a growing cultural shift toward slowing down." (Huffington Post)
"The godfather of the Slow Movement." (ABC News)

"Inarguably the world's leading evangelist for what has become known as the Slow Movement." (CBC Radio, The Sunday Edition)

"...an international spokesman for the concept of leisure." (Newsweek)

“A verbal magician, conjuring concepts with no new idea too complex to capture.” (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Carl Honore

Voice of the Slow Movement

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