Ingrid Persaud, Ferdia Lennon & Sinéad Gleeson

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Saturday 19 October
Fiction

Ingrid Persaud, Ferdia Lennon & Sinéad Gleeson

Stories from around the World

Hear from three award-winning authors as they discuss their thrilling books and be transported across the globe from Ireland to Trinidad & Tobago to Sicily.

The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh is the story of a real-life Trinidadian gangster told through the lives of four women connected and controlled by him In Glorious Exploits, winner of the Waterstone’s Debut Fiction 2024, Ferdia Lennon brings the classical world of Ancient Sicily to life in an earthly tragicomedy written in modern Irish vernacular. Sinéad Gleeson’s fiction debut, Hagstone, takes in the darker side of human nature and the mysteries of faith and the natural world, set on a remote island off the Irish coast.

‘A voice that has a vibrancy of its own’ – Rachel Joyce on Ingrid Persaud

This panel event will be chaired by Simon Savidge.

Please note: Ferdia Lennon and Sinéad Gleeson were originally scheduled to appear on Thursday 24 October

This event lasts 1 hour 15 mins

Tickets: 4 for 3 bookclub offer
25s and under price available.

Limited number of free tickets to residents in postcodes CR4, CR7, SM3 and SM4 (restricted to two free tickets per event, per household).

Saturday 19 October 2024
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3:00 pm
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£ 12.50
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