Oliver Sacks Foundation

10/28/2025

Oliver Sacks talks about face blindness, which he wrote about in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

As we mark the tenth anniversary of Oliver Sacks’s passing we will be sharing clips from the archives. Follow along for more.

This footage was shot by .rice Rice who’s currently working on .

10/27/2025

We are excited to share the latest international cover of LETTERS by Oliver Sacks, now available in Italian from Adelphi Edizioni.

Translation by Isabella C. Blum
Edited by Kate Edgar

Please share with any of your followers who may wish to read the Italian version. Copies can be purchased here: https://www.adelphi.it/libro/9788845940255

10/22/2025

Denise Bacon, a clarinetist with Parkinson’s disease, was awake and playing her clarinet during her brain surgery at King’s College Hospital.

She experienced instant improvement in her finger movements as the electrical current was delivered to her brain, and has had more improvement since.

Video via the King’s College Hospital NHS Trust.

10/09/2025

We are delighted to announce a special concert series later this month in Switzerland (Scuol, Bern, Basel and Sierre), based on Awakenings by Oliver Sacks.

The interdisciplinary event will feature an original music score composed by Swiss-Dutch composer and violinist Helena Winkelman, as well as Brahms' clarinet trio, and a discussion on neuroscience.

Follow the link to learn more: https://www.art-musique-sierre.com/copie-de-pawel-mazurkiewicz

10/05/2025

Throughout her life, Jane Goodall worked tirelessly to raise awareness about threats to wildlife, to promote conservation, and inspire a more harmonious relationship between people, animals and the natural world. She was beloved by Oliver and a great inspiration to him.

Follow the link to see how you can support her legacy: https://janegoodall.org/

09/30/2025

Congratulations to Director Dempsey Rice, Producer Lori Cheatle and the entire team of for being selected as a Sundance Institute Documentary 2025 Fund grant recipient. Follow the link below to learn more.

Sundance on Wednesday announced its 2025 Documentary Fund Grantees, with 32 projects selected for Institute support.

09/21/2025

Life getting you down? Zachary Quinto says his new medical drama will leave you feeling hopeful. Season two of the NBC drama based on Dr. Sacks's life and work, and starring Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf who mentors a team of exceptional neurology interns through some of the most confounding neurological cases at Bronx General Hospital, debuts tomorrow night 10/9c.

Brilliant Minds' Zachary Quinto says his show has a "message of hope" and details how it will be demonstrated every week.

08/27/2025

Happy Birthday to the Science Show, and congratulations, Robyn Williams, on this impressive milestone! Over its 50-year history, The Science Show has covered stories spanning the full expanse of scientific endeavour and grappled with substantial issues facing society — from very early discussions of climate change to groundbreaking investigations into asbestos and medical malpractice.

On Saturday 30 August 1975, ABC Radio National broadcast its very first episode of The Science Show, live from the 13th Pacific Science Congress in

08/25/2025

Ranjana Srivastava is an Australian oncologist and award-winning author. In a piece for the Guardian, she reflects on the writing process alongside the release of her latest book "Every Word Matters: Writing to Engage the Public" – a guide to writing engaging opinion and advocacy columns mixed with a personal account of being a physician exposed to a great variety of experiences.

My ‘writing day’ is inevitably taken up by the exigencies of family life, leaving spare nights and weekends to write. It’s heady but painful business

08/19/2025

🌿 We are so excited for Season 2, premiering September 22 on NBC!

07/25/2025

Привіт українським читачам по всьому світу! 📚🇺🇦 We are excited to share the brand new cover of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat in Ukrainian - available now via the link below. 🙏 to Наш Формат for sharing these wonderful photos.

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06/18/2025

We are delighted to share that LETTERS by Oliver Sacks is now available in Spanish. Follow the link below to get your copy and browse the gorgeous collection of books by Dr. Sacks from Editorial Anagrama

https://www.anagrama-ed.es/libro/argumentos/cartas/9788433947369/A_627