Women in Writing In brief Date - 14 August 2023 Venue - Baillie Gifford West Court Festival - Edinburgh International Book Festival Book your ticket on EIBF's website About the event Kim Sherwood was described by Hilary Mantel as 'a writer of capacity, potency and sophistication'. Her new novel, A Wild & True Relation, is a remake of the 18th century heroic novel. Molly, an orphan on board a ship who's disguised as a boy, grows up to outshine the men around her and create her own legacy. Join Sherwood for this celebration of women in writing and women's roles throughout history. In conversation with Jenny Brown. About the speaker Kim Sherwood is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh and a novelist. Her debut novel, Testament (riverrun, 2018), was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Award, shortlisted for the Best First Novel Award, and won the Bath Novel Award and the Harper's Bazaar Big Book of the Year. In 2019, she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Kim is now writing a trilogy of Double O novels expanding the James Bond universe for the Ian Fleming Estate and HarperCollins. The first in the trilogy, Double or Nothing, was published September 1st 2022. Her new literary novel is A Wild & True Relation, released with Virago in February 2023. The novel follows a girl who joins a smuggler's screw in eighteenth-century Devon, and explores women's writing and history in a subversive adventure story. Read Kim's staff profile How to attend This event is part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Book Festival website. Book your ticket on EIBF's website Are you interested in English Literature at Edinburgh? We offer a wide range of undergraduate programmes, taught masters, and research degrees, including a Masters by Research and a PhD. As an undergraduate, you will read works of literature written in English from around the world, and encounter a range of ideas about the nature and purpose of literary study. Our courses explore the relationship between literary texts and the construction of national, international and imperial cultures. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support postgraduate research which crosses boundaries between languages and disciplines. Find out more about studying English Literature Aug 14 2023 14.15 - 15.15 Women in Writing A conversation between Kim Sherwood (English Literature) and Jenny Brown about women and women's roles in literature as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Baillie Gifford West Court Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Find the venue on Google Maps Book your ticket on EIBF's website
Women in Writing In brief Date - 14 August 2023 Venue - Baillie Gifford West Court Festival - Edinburgh International Book Festival Book your ticket on EIBF's website About the event Kim Sherwood was described by Hilary Mantel as 'a writer of capacity, potency and sophistication'. Her new novel, A Wild & True Relation, is a remake of the 18th century heroic novel. Molly, an orphan on board a ship who's disguised as a boy, grows up to outshine the men around her and create her own legacy. Join Sherwood for this celebration of women in writing and women's roles throughout history. In conversation with Jenny Brown. About the speaker Kim Sherwood is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh and a novelist. Her debut novel, Testament (riverrun, 2018), was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Award, shortlisted for the Best First Novel Award, and won the Bath Novel Award and the Harper's Bazaar Big Book of the Year. In 2019, she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Kim is now writing a trilogy of Double O novels expanding the James Bond universe for the Ian Fleming Estate and HarperCollins. The first in the trilogy, Double or Nothing, was published September 1st 2022. Her new literary novel is A Wild & True Relation, released with Virago in February 2023. The novel follows a girl who joins a smuggler's screw in eighteenth-century Devon, and explores women's writing and history in a subversive adventure story. Read Kim's staff profile How to attend This event is part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Book Festival website. Book your ticket on EIBF's website Are you interested in English Literature at Edinburgh? We offer a wide range of undergraduate programmes, taught masters, and research degrees, including a Masters by Research and a PhD. As an undergraduate, you will read works of literature written in English from around the world, and encounter a range of ideas about the nature and purpose of literary study. Our courses explore the relationship between literary texts and the construction of national, international and imperial cultures. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support postgraduate research which crosses boundaries between languages and disciplines. Find out more about studying English Literature Aug 14 2023 14.15 - 15.15 Women in Writing A conversation between Kim Sherwood (English Literature) and Jenny Brown about women and women's roles in literature as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Baillie Gifford West Court Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Find the venue on Google Maps Book your ticket on EIBF's website
Aug 14 2023 14.15 - 15.15 Women in Writing A conversation between Kim Sherwood (English Literature) and Jenny Brown about women and women's roles in literature as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
