Join us on Thursday 30th October at 7pm, when we'll be welcoming Andrew Michael Hurley back to West Kirby, to celebrate the publication of his latest novel, Saltwash.
Andrew will be reading from the book, before being in conversation with Jordan from the bookshop, answering questions from the audience, and singing copies of his books.
Tickets are £6 standard admission or £20 including a copy of Saltwash. Complimentary drinks will be provided and if you can't attend the event and would like to reserve a signed & dedicated copy of the book, get in touch. Please note that this event is non-refundable.
We look forward to seeing you there!
About Saltwash:
ALL WILL BE FORGIVEN, IF ALL CAN BE FORGOTTEN.
The dilapidated seaside town of Saltwash isn’t a place that Tom Shift would have chosen to come to at all, let alone on such a bleak November afternoon. But his new friend, Oliver Keele, has insisted on meeting for dinner at the Castle Hotel, where the owners, the Paleys, try their best to cling on to the glory days.
Both terminally ill, Tom and Oliver have been bound by the saddest of circumstances, though they have found some solace in writing to one another via a pen-pal scheme set up by their respective cancer clinics. So far, their friendship has been conducted solely through letters, with Oliver proving himself to be a treasury of literary quips and quotes. Yet, for all his flamboyance and verbosity, he is guarded, and Tom suspects that he is lonely and nomadic. And Oliver sees Tom for what he is too: a man haunted by guilt and desperate to try and atone in some way before it’s too late.
Regret is what brings others to the Castle. Much to Tom’s surprise, dozens more guests appear, dressed in their finest to take part in a prize draw that offers one person the chance of deliverance from their remorse. But does everyone deserve the opportunity?
About Andrew Michael Hurley:
Andrew Michael Hurley is based in Lancashire. His first novel, The Loney, won the Costa Best First Novel Award and the Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Devil’s Day, his second novel, was picked as a Book of the Year in five newspapers, and won the Encore Award. Starve Acre was made into a film starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.
