Kristin Hersh @ Edinburgh International Book Festival

THROWING MUSES LEAD SINGER ON SURVIVING MENTAL ILLNESS

She was at the centre of the American indie music scene throughout the 80s and 90s, releasing several acclaimed albums which led the way for the likes of Nirvana. Kristin Hersh has continued to pursue a successful singing career ever since, but as she explains in her memoir she has been living with bipolar disorder throughout. In this event she tells the story of a wild year when she was 18, got pregnant and had a baby, toured incessantly, and embarked on an enduring friendship with Hollywood musical star Betty Hutton.

Event details:

Wednesday 17^th August 

8.30pm-9.30pm

ScottishPower Studio Theatre

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‘A very lucid, mature account of insanity’ The Times

‘An unusual memoir: electric, elastic, vivid.’ Times Literary Supplement

David Miller @ Edinburgh International Book Festival

TIGHT AND TAUT TALES OF INTER-WAR EUROPE

With Dan Vyleta

It’s August 1924 and John Conrad arrives at his parents’ home on the outskirts of Canterbury. But as guests converge, John's father (the rather famous Joseph) dies. Miller’s taut and understated debut Today is an investigation of bereavement, family and Englishness.

Event details:  

Wednesday 17^th August

8.30pm-9.30pm

RBS Corner Theatre

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Praise for Today:

‘Curious and compelling’ The Times

‘Compelling’ The Guardian

28 July, 10am David Miller, author of TODAY @ Solihull Library

Solihull Libary's Reading Circle has invited David Miller, author of acclaimed TODAY. He will be at the Library on Thursday 28 July, 10am to 12pm.
Tickets are free, but to reserve a place phone the library on 0121 704 8534 or email 247library@solihull.gov.uk.

Praise for TODAY:
'An impressive debut' Financial Times

‘Curious and compelling.’ The Times

'A wonderful piece of fiction. Moving and revelatory.’ A N Wilson