Chigozie Obioma & Simon Sylvester (2015 Event)
Chigozie Obioma’s thrillingly assured debut novel The Fishermen is set in small-town Nigeria, while Simon Sylvester’s seductive debut The Visitors unfolds on a remote Scottish island. Yet despite their disparate locations, these stories are united by the presence of mysterious outsider figures, whose unsettling effect on the community drives the tension. These two highly promising authors share their ideas with Economist literary editor Fiammetta Rocco in this event, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Loading the player... if your browser supports audio and video it
should appear in a few moments.
Book Festival News
Book Festival reveals first author events for 2024Sunday 14 April
Listen to more
Patrick Gale (2018 Event)
Julian Barnes
Powering the Planet (2010 Event)
Howard Jacobson
Shirin Ebadi (2016 Event)
Janet Ellis and Lorna Gibb (2016 Event)
Outriders: Ximena Escalante & Stef Smith (2017 Event)
Lucy Hawking
The Principle of Religion (2014 event)
Mark Billingham with Val McDermid (2016 Event)