Carl Honoré is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and TED speaker. He is the voice of the global Slow Movement.

“The world’s leading evangelist for the Slow Movement.” CBC Radio 

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

“The global guru on the Slow Movement.” Globe and Mail

 “The unofficial godfather of a growing cultural shift toward slowing down.” Huffington Post 

“The godfather of the Slow Movement.” ABC News

“An international spokesman for the concept of leisure.” Newsweek

“A verbal magician, conjuring concepts with no new idea too complex to capture.” Australian Financial Review

Carl Honoré is an award-winning author, broadcaster and two-time TED speaker. He is also the voice of the Slow Movement. Published in 36 languages, Carl has landed on bestseller lists in many countries. His online videos have more than 10 million views.

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

His first book, In Praise of Slow, chronicles the global trend toward putting on the brakes in everything from work to food to parenting. It was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and the inaugural choice for the Huffington Post Book Club. It featured in a British TV sitcom, Argentina’s version of Big Brother and a TV commercial for the Motorola tablet. The Financial Times said it is “to the Slow Movement what Das Kapital is to communism”.

Carl’s second book, Under Pressure explores how to raise and educate children in a fast world and was hailed by Time as a “gospel of the Slow Parenting movement”. It was shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust Award, the top prize for non-fiction in Canada.

Carl’s 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 superficial, short-term quick fixes.

His fourth book, Bolder: How To Age Better And Feel Better About Ageing, is a spirited manifesto against ageism. It was also a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week as well as a Reader’s Digest (UK) Book of the Month.

Carl first children’s book, It’s The Journey Not the Destination, is an ode to slow travel.

Carl featured in a series for BBC Radio 4 called The Slow Coach in which he helped frazzled, over-scheduled people slow down. His TED Course is How To Slow Down. He also presented a television show called Frantic Family Rescue on Australia’s ABC 1. He recently wrote and presented a series on Status for BBC Radio 4.

Carl lives in London. While researching his first book on slowness he was slapped with a speeding ticket.