Nunhead Speakers' Club
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Effie Black
Summary
This month we are proud to offer our platform to author EFFIE BLACK!
We celebrate those whose work enhances our lives: our authors and thinkers give a voice to the universal language of human emotions. Also, we will have tea and biscuits.
Event Details
Address:Nunhead Library
88-138 Gordon Road
London
Post code:SE15 3RB
Website:www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library?chapter=11
Description
In Defence Of The Act by Effie Black: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024Are we more like a coffee bean, a carrot or an egg? What happens to us when we are boiled in the trials and tribulations of life?
Jessica Miller is fascinated by the somewhat perplexing tendency of humans to end their own lives, but she secretly believes such acts may not be that bad after all. Or at least, she did.
Jessica is coming to terms with her own relationships, and reflecting on what it means to be queer, when a single event throws everything she once believed into doubt. Can she still defend the act?
‘In death obsessed scientist Jess, Effie Black has created one of the freshest, most engaging characters I’ve encountered in years. In Defence of the Act is a whip-smart exploration of what it means to truly live. Fresh, thought-provoking and, at times, surprisingly funny.’
Laura Wilkinson
(author of Skin Deep)
Transport
By Bus:Bus: P12, 78
By Train:Nunhead Station
Map
Accessibility
Access for wheelchair users
Assistance dogs welcome
Disability awareness training received
Level access toilet
Positive about disabled people
Seat available
