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Authors in the library

Author Event, News

Every Second Tuesday the Friends host a local author to give a reading, discuss their work and meet readers. Please come along. 7-8:30 pm at the library (and come early for tea and coffee from 6:30).

Here are some of the upcoming events: June to September:

Paul Burston comes on 13 June with We Can Be Heroes, an autobiographical work which is to be published in June. 

On 11 July Simon Keable-Elliott presents Utterly Immoral: Robert Keable and his scandalous novel, about the book written by his grandfather which was condemned by critics but became an international best seller.

For 8 August, Louise Candlish will talk about her latest novel, The Only Suspect.

Christopher J Schuler - 12 September, with The Wood That Built London: A Human History of the Great North Wood (in conjunction with the Lambeth Heritage Festival).

The events are livestreamed, so you can attend without leaving your home, if you prefer. Details of links for viewing online are always posted on this site and on the Lambeth Library Events site, nearer the time.

Past events are available to view from the Carnegie Library facebook page.

Christopher Bowden – Mr Magenta

Author Event

Tuesday, 9th of May 7-8:30pm

at the Herne Hill Baptist Church, Half Moon Lane

(while the library is closed for renovations)

Christopher Bowden presents his latest novel. It’s a literary mystery about hidden lives and second chances, moving between a house in a south London square, a Brooklyn bookstore, a theatre in Marseille, and a cottage on the east coast of England. His six previous novels are The Blue Book, The Yellow Room, The Red House, The Green Door, The Purple Shadow and The Amber Maze. Christopher Bowden lives in south London.

Reserve a spot on eventbrite

Adam Mars-Jones in April

Author Event

Tuesday evening, 11 April - 7 to 8:30, at the Library (or online)

Local author Adam Mars-Jones has an international reputation - his works include novels (The Waters of Thirst, Pilcrow and its sequel Cedilla) short story collections (Lantern Lecture and Monopolies of Loss) the novella Batlava Lake, a book of essays (Blind Bitter Happiness) and Noriko Smiling (a book about Ozu's film Late Spring) and numerous perceptive book reviews (appearing frequently in London Review of Books). He will join us on Tuesday evening (11 April) to talk about about his funny and touching family memoir Kid Gloves: A Voyage Round My Father.

When his widowed father - once a high court judge and always a formidable figure - drifted into vagueness if not dementia, Adam took responsibility for his care.

In the aftermath, he has written a book studded with particular emotions and events. Highly entertaining about (among other things) families, the legal profession, and the vexed question of Welsh identity. It is also a book about himself - including that implausible, long-delayed moment, some years before, when he told his father about his sexual orientation. The supporting cast includes Ian Fleming, the Moors Murderers, Jacqueline Bisset and Gilbert O'Sullivan.

Organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library

Please register with eventbrite for a link to the online livestream.