THE BOOKER PRIZES EVENT

The Booker Prizes: Book of the Month

  • Fri 25 Aug 12:30 - 13:30
  • Baillie Gifford West Court
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‘How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century,’ says Fleur Talbot, Muriel Spark’s heroine in Loitering with Intent. In this Festival edition of the Booker Prizes' Book of the Month series, Sparkophiles, including Jackie Kay and Val McDermid, explore this beloved melodrama, and how Sparks’ experiences as a writer in post-war London propelled her to write a novel that takes place ‘on the grubby edge of the literary world'. Chaired by Jo Hamya.

Please note: this event may be recorded for the Booker Prize podcast series. 

Categories: Fiction, Words/Reading

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