Event Type : Fiction

Time to Read and Blackpool Libraries are thrilled to host talented author Naomi Booth.

Naomi Booth is a fiction writer and academic. She is the author of The Lost Art of Sinking, Sealed and Exit Management, and she was recently named one of The Guardian’s ‘Fresh Voices: Fifty Writers to Read Now’. She is the recipient of a Saboteur Award for Best Novella and her short fiction has been longlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award and the Galley Beggars Short Story Prize. She was recently commissioned to retell the northern folk tale of the boggart for the Audible Original/Virago anthology Hag; the resulting story, ‘Sour Hall’, has been adapted into an audio drama series. Naomi grew up in West Yorkshire and now lives in York.

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Exit Management and Sealed are published by Dead Ink Books and available to buy from deadinkbooks.com. You can also download Exit Management as an ebook from many North West Libraries.

About the event
After you register for the event, you will receive an email with the log-in details. There will be a chance to as questions. The New Words Festival is made possible through public funding from Arts Council England.

Time to Read and Halton Libraries are delighted to host J. A. Mensah, as one of eleven literature events for the New Words Festival. For details on our other authors events visit New Words.

On Friday 26 March at join J.A Mensah, author of Castles from Cobwebs, a compelling exploration of memory, race, mothers and the fractured self. Castles from Cobwebs is published by Saraband Books in February 2021.

This is a free online event. Book tickets at Eventbrite.