We have two fantastic new events in September to tell you about.
We are delighted to be welcoming one of the recently selected Best of Young British Novelists, Thomas Morris to Bristol in September.
The award-winning author and editor will be discussing his new short story collection, Open Up with writer and academic, Constantine Blintzios. The talk will be held in the bookshop at 7pm on Tuesday 19th September. Prices are either £5 for ticket only, or £16.99 for a ticket and a copy of Open Up (save £3 on the ticket price) and can be purchased from our website here.
The new collection from a literary star – five achingly tender, innovative and dazzling stories of (dis)connection.
Everything felt familiar and nostalgic. It was the joy and blood-thrill of being understood, of being ready to give himself entirely to another.
From a child attending his first football match, buoyed by secret magic, and a wincingly humane portrait of adolescence, to the perplexity of grief and loss through the eyes of a seahorse, Thomas Morris seeks to find grace, hope and benevolence in the churning tumult of self-discovery.
Philosophically acute and strikingly original, this outstanding suite of stories is bursting with a bracing emotional depth. Open Up cracks the heart as it expands the short story form.
Praise for Thomas Morris:
‘Heart-hurtingly acute, laugh-out-loud funny, and one of the most satisfying collections I’ve read for years.’ Ali Smith
‘That tonic gift, the sense of truth – the sense of transparency that permits us to see imaginary lives more clearly than we see our own’. The tonic comes in large doses in Thomas Morris’s debut short-story collection.’ Irish Times
‘Morris’s fresh, direct writing style feels brand new.’ Metro
‘Radiant’ Independent
Thomas Morris is from Caerphilly, South Wales. He was educated solely through the Welsh language until the age of eighteen and, in his teens, trialled at Cardiff City and played Welsh League football. He studied English and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Dubliners 100, a short story anthology he devised and edited, was published in 2014. He is the author of the short story collection, We Don’t Know What We’re Doing, and was recently named as one of Granta’s prestigious Best of Young British Novelists. He lives in Dublin, where he is the editor of the very influential magazine, The Stinging Fly.
