About this Event
Mary is struggling with her memory. She does not have too few recollections but too many, including some that are downright absurd. But the most concerning memories she has are about her Jewish grandfather and his role in the death of Adolf Hitler. She feels sure - almost completely sure - that what she has been told can't be true, that she must have imagined the whole thing. But there is a doubt.
To decipher fact from fiction, Mary goes back over her life, sorting through her childhood and adolescence with her three friends in York, through an adulthood accustomed to tragedy. Guided by her family and friends, Mary attempts to figure out what is real, both in history and her own life, all the while wondering if her mind has conjured everything.
Fiona Mozley is the author of two previous acclaimed novels, Elmet (originally published in 2017 and which was reissued in a new JM Classics edition in 2025) and Hot Stew (2021). She is the winner of a Somerset Maugham Award and the Polari Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Ondaatje Prize and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. She was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Women's Prize. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She grew up in York (where this novel is set) and now lives in Edinburgh.
Catherine Taylor is a writer and critic whose first book, The Stirrings, A Memoir in Northern Time, won the 2024 TLS Ackerley Prize for autobiography and writer.
The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Your ticket includes a complimentary glass of wine.
Tickets: £10 General Admission, £8 Foyalty Member / £25 Book and Ticket, inc. a copy of Awake Awake (RRP £20.00)
Venue: The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road*
*Please note that the Auditorium at Foyles is fully accessible from the Ground floor lifts.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 8.00 to GBP 25.00
