Keynote: In Conversation with Paris Lees

Paris Lees reflects on adapting her memoir ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’ for television, and her observations and analysis of the role of influence, authenticity and honesty in storytelling.

BBC Three’s 2025 adaption of Paris Lees’ memoir, ‘What it Feels Like For a Girl’, resulted in an unflinching drama series which has already picked up a host of awards. In a funny, fearless and frank conversation with her friend, writer and campaigner Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir, Paris gave us an insight into what it feels like to see your life be turned into on screen entertainment, and how she navigated the tensions when truth collided with drama.