Richard Dawkins to present Secularist of the Year prize

Best-selling author and leading biologist Richard Dawkins will present this year’s NSS Irwin Prize for Secularist of the Year.

Professor Dawkins is author of The God Delusion, the book that has caused tremors around the world with its forthright attack on religious beliefs. This month he ripped into “alternative medicine” and psychic mumbo jumbo in a Channel 4 series Enemies of Reason.

Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society, said: “We are thrilled that Richard Dawkins will be with us for this increasingly prestigious event.”

Tickets for the lunchtime presentation are going fast, so if you want to be part of it, order your tickets now. The Date: Saturday 20 October, 2007. The place, central London. The time 1pm for 1.30pm. After a welcoming aperitif, you will enjoy a three course lunch (with choices) and including wine and coffee, and then a cabaret before the presentation of the £5,000 Irwin prize. Order on-line at our shop or by post from NSS, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL.

See the list of nominees for this year’s prize