Already a popular and highly praised poet, Sophie Hannah has recently established a reputation as the author of subtly chilling mystery novels. Her latest, A Room Swept White, involves a group of women in a fiendish intrigue of murder and intimidation, following a disturbing miscarriage of justice. Thought provoking, suspenseful and satisfying, this book should [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Miguel Syjuco
Thursday 3rd June 2010 – 8.00pm
Part of the Topping & Company Year of Picador Winner of the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, this witty and daring debut novel is a family saga covering 150 years of Philippine history. Miguel Syjuco’s endlessly enjoyable tale begins when a controversial Filipino writer’s body is washed up on the banks of the Hudson River. [...]
Elaine Feinstein
Tuesday 1st June 2010 – 8.00pm
Cities is a collection of 60 new poems from award winning writer Elaine Feinstein. A book of travel, it takes us from Basel to Budapest, Tampico to Tbilisi, New York to Sydney and explores the landscape and history of each destination with vivid expressions charged by memories both fond and once forgotten. Feinstein has made [...]