Kerry Hudson, Byres Road Book Festival 2022

Saturday 24 September, 2022 – 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Byres Road Book Festival: Meet the Author – Kerry Hudson

Hillhead Library – Main Hall, 248 Byres Road, G12 8AP

Kerry Hudson was born in Aberdeen. Her first novel, TONY HOGAN BOUGHT ME AN ICE-CREAM FLOAT BEFORE HE STOLE MY MA was published in 2012 by Chatto & Windus (Penguin Random House) and was the winner of the Scottish First Book Award while also being shortlisted for the Southbank Sky Arts Literature Award, Guardian First Book Award, Green Carnation Prize, Author’s Club First Novel Prize and the Polari First Book Award.

Kerry’s second novel, THIRST, was published in 2014 by Chatto & Windus and won France’s most prestigious award for foreign fiction the Prix Femina Étranger. It was also shortlisted for the European Premio Strega in Italy. Her books are also available in the US (Penguin), France (Editions Philippe Rey), Italy (Minimum Fax) and Turkey.

Her latest book and memoir, LOWBORN, takes her back to the towns of her childhood as she investigates her own past and what it means to be poor in Britain today. It was a Radio 4 Book of the Week, a Guardian and Independent Book of the Year. It was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Portico Prize and shortlisted in the National Book Token, Books Are My Bag Reader’s Awards and the Saltire Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year.

This event will be chaired by Kevan Smith of Hillhead Library.

Accessibility – Unfortunately, the Main Hall of the Library is not currently accessible by wheelchair. We apologise for any disappointment caused. See Hillhead Library accessibility information

LOCATION

Hillhead Library – Main Hall, 348 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8AP

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