Book Event: Thomas Morris - Open Up

No Alibis Bookstore is an independent bookshop operating in Belfast

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Join us for an evening with Thomas Morris to celebrate his new collection of short stories, Open Up, in conversation with Michael Magee.

About Open Up:The new collection from a literary star - five achingly tender, innovative and dazzling stories of (dis)connection. 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. Wincingly humane. 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.About Thomas Morris:Thomas Morris is a Welsh writer and editor. He was born and raised in Caerphilly and was educated in the Welsh language all through primary and secondary school. He then moved to Ireland where he studied English and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. He still lives in Dublin.Morris edited the short story anthology Dubliners 100 in 2014. He is also an editor of The Stinging Fly magazine. His first book, the short story collection We Don’t Know What We’re Doing (2015) received critical acclaim and several awards.In 2023, Thomas was named as one of the Best Young British Novelists by Granta magazine.