An Evening with Novelist John Boyne

John Boyne will be in conversation with local novelist Juliet West. He will discuss his life and work, and introduce ‘Earth’, the second in the quartet of intimate, interlinked novels. These are four individual stories with four very different narrators, all of whom have either been involved in, complicit with, or found themselves the victims of trauma, and whose experiences have been affected by the elements that give each book its title. While each can be read as a stand-alone book, their characters intersect and overlap, their experiences informing the lives of each other.

Praise for ‘Water’, the first of the quartet, ‘an almost note-perfect piece of first-person storytelling, propulsive and deftly dramatized.’ (The Guardian) John Boyne is the author of fifteen novels for adults, six for younger readers, and a collection of short stories.

Books will be on sale before/ after the event and there will be an opportunity to get books signed at the end

TUESDAY 28th MAY
Methodist Church
7.30pm