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Join us for an evening with Lucy Caldwell as part of her book tour for Devotions, there will be a reading by the author, a conversation with Hunter, and a chance to have your book signed.
Friday 1st May, 6:30PM - The Folkestone Bookshop
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“One of the finest short story writers at work today” - Wendy Erskine
“Exhilarating, devastating, comforting, essential” - Claire Kilroy
“These are stories which sing off the page“ - Jan Carson
“Powerful, compelling and richly crafted” - Mary Costello
“Profoundly intimate” - Tahmima Anam
Devotions is eight stories exploring the depth of humanity, from love and longing, to grief and new beginnings, as well as the ways we find shelter in and with each other. Lucy is a master of the short story and we are thrilled to host her in conversation about her latest collection, as well as her writing career as a whole.
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Born in Belfast, Lucy Caldwell is the award-winning author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and three collections of short stories: Multitudes (Faber, 2016) and Intimacies (Faber, 2021) and, most recently, Openings (Faber, 2024). Her most recent novel, These Days, won the 2023 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the Irish Writers’ and Screenwriters’ Guild Award. In 2021 she won the BBC National Short Story Award and in 2022 she was the recipient of the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Lucy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018, and delightfully for us now calls Folkestone home.
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If you pre-order your book here, we will send an email when the copies are ready to collect. If you buy a ticket-only option, then the £5 will act as a deposit against anything purchased on the evening.
Friday 1st May, 6:30PM - The Folkestone Bookshop
Refreshments will be available, and if you have any specific access needs or accommodations please do email us.
Join us for an evening with Lucy Caldwell as part of her book tour for Devotions, there will be a reading by the author, a conversation with Hunter, and a chance to have your book signed.
Friday 1st May, 6:30PM - The Folkestone Bookshop
____________________________________________________
“One of the finest short story writers at work today” - Wendy Erskine
“Exhilarating, devastating, comforting, essential” - Claire Kilroy
“These are stories which sing off the page“ - Jan Carson
“Powerful, compelling and richly crafted” - Mary Costello
“Profoundly intimate” - Tahmima Anam
Devotions is eight stories exploring the depth of humanity, from love and longing, to grief and new beginnings, as well as the ways we find shelter in and with each other. Lucy is a master of the short story and we are thrilled to host her in conversation about her latest collection, as well as her writing career as a whole.
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Born in Belfast, Lucy Caldwell is the award-winning author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and three collections of short stories: Multitudes (Faber, 2016) and Intimacies (Faber, 2021) and, most recently, Openings (Faber, 2024). Her most recent novel, These Days, won the 2023 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the Irish Writers’ and Screenwriters’ Guild Award. In 2021 she won the BBC National Short Story Award and in 2022 she was the recipient of the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Lucy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018, and delightfully for us now calls Folkestone home.
____________________________________________________
If you pre-order your book here, we will send an email when the copies are ready to collect. If you buy a ticket-only option, then the £5 will act as a deposit against anything purchased on the evening.
Friday 1st May, 6:30PM - The Folkestone Bookshop
Refreshments will be available, and if you have any specific access needs or accommodations please do email us.