Queen's Park Book Festival
Sebastian Barry: The Newer World
£12.00
Twice winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award, Laureate for Irish Fiction 2018-21, winner of the Independent Booksellers Award, the Walter Scott Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Sebastian Barry is regarded as one of the foremost novelists of our time. Join Sebastian Barry in this exclusive event for his latest novel The Newer World, following the life of Tennyson Bouguereau as he journeys to find meaning and belonging in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Sebastian will be in conversation with Alex Clark about his exquisite and lyrical new novel.
‘A masterly work of historical witness and moral reckoning.’ The Observer
‘Barry is the most miraculous writer.’ Russell T Davies
Sunday 6th September, 5:30pm
