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Kathy O’Shaughnessy has reviewed books for The Guardian, The Telegraph,…
DiscoverKathy O’Shaughnessy at King’s Lynn Fiction Festival
The King's Lynn Fiction Festival returns for 2022!
Join Kathy O’Shaughnessy, author of In Love with George Eliot, and writers Peter Benson and Robert Edric in an event that will be chaired by Lachlan Mackinnon on Saturday 12th March at 8:00pm. The writers will read from and talk about their work, and copies of their books will be available to purchase from the pop-up bookshop.
Across the weekend there will be a great selection of writers – some new, some more experienced – but all of high quality for an exciting weekend at the beautiful and historic Town Hall on King’s Lynn’s Saturday Market Place. Tickets are £10 for each event, or £40 for the full weekend, available on the door but it’s wise to book in advance for the Friday night and Saturday night events.
For more information and to book your tickets, please visit the event website here.
In Love with George Eliot
A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR.
Who was the real George Eliot? In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel which tells the compelling story of England’s greatest woman novelist as you’ve never read it before.
Marian Evans has scandalised polite society. She lives in sin with a married man, George Henry Lewes, but writes in secret under the pseudonym George Eliot. Gradually, it becomes apparent that the genius Eliot is none other than Evans, the disgraced woman. Her tremendous celebrity begins, and prior indiscretions are forgiven. But when Lewes dies, Evans finds herself in danger of shocking the world…
In Love with George Eliot
A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR.
Who was the real George Eliot? In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel which tells the compelling story of England’s greatest woman novelist as you’ve never read it before.
Marian Evans is a scandalous figure, living in sin with a married man, George Henry Lewes. She has shocked polite society, and women rarely deign to visit her. In secret, though, she has begun writing fiction under the pseudonym George Eliot. As Adam Bede’s fame grows, curiosity rises as to the identity of its mysterious writer. Gradually it becomes apparent that the moral genius Eliot is none…
