About this Event
We are proud to present this very special launch event to mark the publication of TRAV—the stunning, coming-of-age debut straight from the pen of current Voce Books Writer-in-Residence TAYLOR BURNS.
Opening on a life-altering morning in 2004, & bringing us right up to present day Birmingham, Burns tells the hilarious & at times harrowing story of Travis Barnes, a young man living in the long shadow of grief & attempting to hold his fracturing family together, all while his own body & mind likewise threatens to shatter.
Hear from Taylor as he joins writer & Voce co-owner CLIVE JUDD for a wide-ranging discussion about art & the desire to write, opening up on the long process to publication, the pleasures & pains of weaving narrative from the deeply personal, & his committed love of the perfectly crafted sentence.
‘A voice that dazzles as much as it devastates. This is a raw, luminous portrait of growing up, grief, and the fragile armour of masculinity... A phenomenal achievement...’ ASHLEY HICKSON-LOVENCE author of ABOUT TO FALL APART
TAYLOR BURNS is a writer from Birmingham & a a graduate of City University's Novels MA programme. He co-curates STORIE, a night of experimental prose, run in conjunction with Voce Books, where he serves as writer-in-residence. His fiction has appeared in the Digbeth Stories and Night Time Economy anthologies, both from Floodgate Press, and has also been featured in Fictive Dream and GRASS magazine.
This is one of our HOME events, placing our great city right at the heart & celebrating the depth & diversity of the Birmingham & West Midlands literary scene through talks, launches, symposiums & more.
TICKETS: £5 standard entry / £15 book & entry
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THE NIGHT OWL is located at 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Digbeth. For further enquiries about the event, or to discuss any access requirements please email [email protected]
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Night Owl, 17-18 Lower Trinity Street, Deritend, United Kingdom
GBP 5.00 to GBP 15.00
