About this Event
We are thrilled to welcome the acclaimed author of STARVE ACRE and THE LONEY, Andrew Michael Hurley to West Kirby, to celebrate the publication of his latest book, BARROWBECK.
Join us on Tuesday 29 October, 7pm, for an evening to get you in the Halloween spirit, when Andrew will be reading from the book, before being in conversation with Jordan from the bookshop, answering questions from the audience, and signing copies of his books.
Tickets are £6/ £19 (inc. a copy of the book) and complimentary drinks will be provided. Event tickets are non-refundable, but if you'd like to reserve a signed/dedicated copy of the book, email [email protected] and we'll be more than happy to help.
Praise for ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY:
‘An amazing piece of fiction’ --- STEPHEN KING
‘A tour de force of physiological fantasia . . . Writing of this quality - sensuous, exact, observant - ensures that other scenes, too, pulse with vitality . . . Hurley's gothic storylines send spectres of deathliness through his fictional world. His prose brings it vividly alive’ --- Sunday Times
‘Hurley's ability to create a world that's like ours in many ways and really not in many others is again on full display’ --- Times
‘Beautifully written and triumphantly creepy’--- Mail on Sunday
‘A perfectly pitched tale of suspense and the dark side of folklore . . . perfect, page-turning reading for a dark night’ --- Herald
About BARROWBECK:
‘It’s a hard place to live… and it’s an even harder place to leave’
Ten years after the publication of Hurley’s debut, THE LONEY, which went on to win the Costa First Novel of the Year and the Book of the Year at the British Book Awards, BARROWBECK will be a major publication for John Murray this autumn, cementing Hurley’s reputation as an extraordinary literary writer who has been credited with leading the folk horror revival.
BARROWBECK is set in a remote valley on the Yorkshire-Lancashire border, where the inhabitants have lived uneasily with forces beyond their reckoning for centuries. They raise their families, work the land, and do their best to welcome those who come seeking respite. But there is an inscrutable otherness that runs through the village as persistently as the river.
As one generation gives way to the next and ancient land is carved up in the name of progress, darkness gathers. The people of Barrowbeck have forgotten that they have only ever been guests in the valley. Now they must leave. Two thousand years of history is coming to an end.
About ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY:
Andrew Michael Hurley lives in Lancashire with his family. His first novel, The Loney, was originally published by Tartarus Press as a 300-copy limited edition, before being republished by John Murray. It went on to sell in twenty languages, win the Costa Best First Novel Award and the Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Devil's Day, his second novel, was picked as a Book of the Year in five newspapers, and won the Encore Award.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The West Kirby Bookshop, 6 Grange Road, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
GBP 7.21 to GBP 21.29
