The acclaimed author of Vagabonds! comes to Foyles for the London launch of their second novel Necessary Fiction, a story of cross-generational queer life set in contemporary Nigeria.
Grappling with fear, desire, time, death and God, the rolling cast of characters in Osunde’s remarkable second novel Necessary Fiction seek love and survival in a vividly realised portrait of contemporary Lagos.
Eloghosa Osunde is an award-winning writer and multidisciplinary artist. Their critically acclaimed debut novel Vagabonds! was shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. They are the recipient of the Plimpton Prize for Fiction 2021, the MoAD’s African Literary Award 2023 and an ASME Award for Fiction. Their writing has been published in The Paris Review, Granta, Guernica and elsewhere.
Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian British author whose work includes the novels Butterfly Fish and Curandera and the short story collections Speak Gigantular and Nudibranch, which have won and been nominated for multiple awards. Her journalism has been featured in The New York Times, the Observer, the Guardian and the Huffington Post. She was a judge for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Vice Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, she was awarded an MBE For Services to Literature in 2021. She is the director and founder of Black to the Future festival.
The event will be followed by an audience Q&A and a book signing. Your ticket includes a complimentary glass of wine.
