Rose Wilding in Conversation with Ann Cleeves @ The Biscuit Factory

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Join New Writing North and The Bound to celebrate the launch of one of the most anticipated crime debuts of 2023.

The Biscuit Factory

Newcastle, New Year’s Eve 1999 . . . Seven women stand in shock in a seedy hotel room; a man’s severed head sits in the centre of the floor. Each of the women – the wife, the teenager, the ex, the journalist, the colleague, the friend, and the woman who raised him – has a very good reason to have done it, yet each swears she did not. A dark and nuanced portrait of love, loyalty, and manipulation, Speak of the Devil explores the roles in which women are cast in the lives of terrible men...and the fallout when they refuse to stay silent for one moment longer. Rose Wilding returns to her home city to celebrate the release of Speak of the Devil, a ‘powerful, feminist thriller’ set in Newcastle at the turn of the millennium. Rose Wilding will be in conversation with bestselling crime author Ann Cleeves. All tickets include a drink on arrival. Our book-and-ticket offer also includes a hardback copy of the book.

About the author Rose Wilding is a queer, working class writer from Newcastle Upon Tyne. She has an MA in creative writing from The University of Manchester, where she was mentored by Jeanette Winterson. This is her first novel. About the organisers Part of a new quarterly series of live bookclub events, New Writing North have teamed up with our friends at The Bound (Forum Books) to bring exciting authors to avid readers in the North East. <a href="https://newwritingnorth.com/event/northern-bookshelf/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sign up to our Northern Bookshelf newsletter</a> to receive extra bookish content each season, including event podcasts and reading group questions. Find out more about what else we do at <a href="https://newwritingnorth.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New Writing North</a>, or browse the wonderful <a href="https://www.forumbooksshop.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Forum Books online store</a>. Accessibility Artisan at the The Biscuit Factory is a wheel-chair friendly space with ramp access and accessible WC, as well as flexible seating arrangement. <a href="https://www.thebiscuitfactory.com/pages/artisan" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Find out more about the venue here</a>. If you have any further queries or access needs, please don't hesitate to contact us by emailing kathryntann@newwritingnorth.com. Live captioning or BSL interpretation can be arranged with reasonable notice. A high-quality audio recording will be available to listen to as a podcast in New Writing North's summer <a href="https://newwritingnorth.com/event/northern-bookshelf/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Northern Bookshelf </a>issue.

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Rose Wilding in Conversation with Ann Cleeves @ The Biscuit Factory

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