Sun 10 November 2024 • 6pm
Women's Prize Book Club: Susanna Clarke
in conversation with Simon and Louise Savidge
Event details
The Women’s Prize Trust is partnering with Storyhouse to bring you a series of book club events like no other.
Each event will feature an author from the Women’s Prize Library or a Women’s Prize Judge in conversation with Simon and Louise Savidge. Marking the 30th anniversary of the renowned Women’s Prize for Fiction, these events will leave you with a TBR brimming with the very best in fiction by women.
Launching the Women’s Prize book club is Women’s Prize-winning author Susanna Clarke.
Susanna Clarke, whose debut novel was the acclaimed, multi-award-winning Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell now celebrating its 20th anniversary, will discuss her Women’s Prize-winning novel Piranesi, and speak about her latest book, the enchanting seasonal novella The Wood at Midwinter, which is due to be published later this month.
Susanna will then recommend a book from the Women’s Prize library to the book group, so join us for a lively discussion on fantastic fiction.
If you aren’t able to join us in person, livestream tickets are available from the Women’s Prize Trust here.
Chester Literature Festival is partnering with the Women’s Prize Trust to present a special day of events at Storyhouse on Sunday, 10 November. Marking the 30th anniversary of the renowned Women’s Prize for Fiction — celebrated as one of the world’s most prestigious honors for female creativity — the day will feature a series of panels, talks, and workshops under the banner of ‘Women’s Prize Day’.
Members: £18
Non-members: £20 (each ticket is subject to a £1.50 booking fee for non-members)
Book all 3 Women’s Prize events for £40 (subject to booking fees for non-members)
About Piranesi
Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021
Piranesi lives in the House.
Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides which thunder up staircases, the clouds which move in slow procession through the upper halls.
On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food and waterlilies to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone. Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims?
Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous. The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.
Interested in booking all three Women’s Prize events?
Add all three events to your basket for £40 (each ticket is subject to a £1.50 booking fee for non-members).
Creative Writing Workshop not included in ticket offer.
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