Friday 29 November / Book Launch with Ellen Wiles

Fri Nov 29 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC+00:00

McCoys Arcade | Exeter

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Friday 29 November \/ Book Launch with Ellen Wiles
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Ellen Wiles, author of the new novel The Unexpected, in conversation with Will Adamsdale, Perrier Award-winning comedian and songwriter
About this Event

About the Book

Kessie and Robin have been best friends since they were small. Now they’ve reached their mid-thirties, and biological clocks are ticking loudly.
But Kessie is single, Robin’s partner is ambivalent about trying for a baby, and single parenting sounds almost impossible. When one of them gets pregnant, the other finds herself helping out to an extent that neither had expected. How far is a supportive friend supposed to go? What do you do when you feel like a mother to a child who isn’t yours? Are there alternative ways to conceive of a family?

Ellen Wiles is a novelist, sound artist, anthropologist, and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Exeter. She used to work as a barrister and as a musician. The Unexpected is her second novel and fourth book. Her first novel, The Invisible Crowd, was awarded a Victor Turner Prize and was a Guardian readers’ book of the year.
Will Adamsdale is an actor, comedian and writer. In 2004, he won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his show Jackson's Way and secured the Perrier Comedy Award for comedy. He had has since created several new shows: The Receipt, The Human Computer, and The Summer House. He has featured in productions from Channel 4 and BBC Radio and hosts a comedy night called Locally Sourced at the Little Drop Of Poison public house in Exeter.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

McCoys Arcade, Fore Street, Exeter, United Kingdom

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GBP 7.00

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