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A.L. Kennedy, David Constantine and Helen Simpson talk to K.J. Orr, Daunt Books
Short stories have never been more celebrated as a literary art form, or more popular with readers. Join us for an inspiring discussion of their merits and charm, and listen to a dazzling array of short story writers read their work. Witness just how much can be achieved in a short story – as Alice Munro said in her Nobel Prize acceptance speech: “Everything the story tells moves you in such a way that you feel you’re a different person&hellip
Find out more »Philip Kerr on Prayer, Keats House
Philip Kerr joins us to discuss his life in writing – in particular the latest in his highly acclaimed Bernie Gunther series, A Man Without Breath, and his new novel Prayer. Read all reviews for Prayer here. In his compelling supernatural thriller Prayer, Special Agent Gil Martins investigates a series of deaths, which seem to be linked to the power of prayer. It is a case which will test the limits of his new-found atheism, especially when he discovers that&hellip
Find out more »Max Hastings on Catastrophe: Europe goes to War 1914, Daunt Bookshop, Marylebone
Max Hastings, amongst the finest military historians of the Second World War, turns his formidable skills to the Great War. Catastrophe looks at both the roots of the conflict and its early years and argues against the ‘poets’ view’ that it was not worth winning. He offers a striking and broad account of seven nations at war drawing on the experiences of generals, private soldiers, housewives and statesmen. Talks take place at Daunt Books, Marylebone High Street Tickets are £8&hellip
Find out more »Giles Milton in conversation with Roland Chambers, Daunt Bookshop Marylebone
Giles Milton has followed his best-sellers Paradise Lost and Nathaniel’s Nutmeg with Russian Roulette. His storytelling is as fine as ever in this tale of a Soviet plot to destroy British rule in India. It is also the story of the British spies who were sent to thwart it, a small band of men who had been smuggled into Russia in the aftermath of the 1917 revolution and were led by Mansfield Cumming, a monocled, one-legged sea captain with a&hellip
Find out more »Emily’s Walking Book Club reads Breakfast with the Nikolides, Daunt Bookshop
Join other book-lovers for a walk on Hampstead Heath to discuss Rumer Godden’s coming-of-age classic. Fleeing Nazi France, Louise brings her two daughters to India to be reunited with her husband. Here, eleven-year-old Emily finds herself caught in a tangled web of adult relationships, as fragile and troubled as the family’s feelings towards India, their new home. First published in 1942, Godden’s haunting novel of lost innocence is an enduring classic. More information/book tickets
Find out more »Judith Mackrell in conversation with Sarah Churchwell about Flappers, Daunt Bookshop
For many young women, the 1920′s was a promise of liberty: they shortened their skirts and shingled their hair, smoked, drank, took drugs and claimed sexual freedoms.In Flappers, celebrated dance critic Judith Mackrell follows six women – Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka – who, between them, exemplified the range and daring of that generation’s spirit.Sarah Churchwell’s latest book, Careless People, also explores the 1920′s, and the scandals that rocked America’s upper&hellip
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