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June 2019
Glasgow Gliterary Lunch – 7 June
Glasgow Gliterary Lunch with Jess Kidd and Kirsty Wark. Gliterary Lunches grew out of a love of 3 things; good food, good books and good company Throw in a sparkling drinks reception and you have the perfect combination for a glittering occasion. I had a lot of fun at last year's event and am delighted to be back again and thrilled to meet Kirsty Wark.
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Under the Knife, Edinburgh International Book Festival – 20 Aug
I'm joining the excellent E S Thompson for an event titled Under the Knife in the Spiegeltent at the festival, should be a lot of fun. Here's the festival blurb: Medicine, murder and the macabre meet in Victorian London. A discovery in an anatomy school mortuary takes Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain on a high-stakes search for answers in E S Thomson’s Surgeon’s Hall. Jess Kidd’s Things in Jar's sees Bridie Devine, the finest female detective in 1860s London, take…
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Curious Festival – 25 August
Delighted to be visiting my favourite festival again. I'll be talking about Things in Jars.
Find out more »John Boyne and me at the Bray Literary Festival – 28 September
Off to Bray for their exciting looking literary festival and delighted to be joining the acclaimed John Boyne. Here's the festival's blurb: Join award-winning authors John Boyne (The Heart’s Invisible Furies; The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas; My Brother’s Name is Jessica) and Jess Kidd (The Hoarder; Things in Jars; Himself) for an entertaining evening of readings, discussion, Q&A and conversation. With authors Tanya Farrelly and Edward O’Dwyer.
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Liverpool Literary Festival – 12 Oct
Really intrigued and delighted to be joining Professor Sarah Peverley for a discussion that promises to range from the mystical to the grotesque. I'll be reading from and taking questions about my novel Things in Jars. Can't wait to have a look at the incredible collection of curiosities at the Victoria Gallery & Museum.
Find out more »East Riding Festival of Words, Gothic Thrillers – 19 October
This should be a lot of fun. I'm joining Chriss Simms and Amanda Mason to discuss the allure of gothic thrillers and how contemporary crime thrillers are often rooted in the Gothic tradition.
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Murder One Festival Dublin, Past Crimes: Jess Kidd, Henrietta McKervey and Paddy Hirsch with Declan Burke – 2 Nov
Back to Dublin for a few pints... no, no it's really for a serious literary discussion at the Murder One Festival, should be a lot of fun. Here's the festival blurb: From Things in Jars to Violet Hill, London’s only female detective, via Hudson’s Kill and the Irish gangs of New York, three novelists use the past as a backdrop to their page-turning adventures of deception, danger – and detection. Declan Burke, previously Dublin City of Literature’s Writer in Residence…
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The Styning Bookshop – 23 Jan
Off to the Steyning Bookshop on Thursday 23rd January 2020, for a literary evening at the Gluck Studio. Here's their blurb: 'Jess will be discussing her latest novel Things in Jars, alongside her previous novels, The Hoarder and Himself. Jess Kidd has been praised for her unique fictional voice. She was brought up in London as part of a large family from County Mayo, and her work has been described as ‘Gabriel García Márquez meets The Pogues.’ Her debut, Himself,…
Find out more »Helen Cullen and Jess Kidd – 28 Jan
Off to Marlowe for a conversation with local resident and fellow novelist Helen Cullen.
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Waterstones, Norwich – 29 Jan
Off to Norwich for a reading at Waterstones, come along. Here's their blurb: Usher in the new year with an evening with one of modern fiction's most exciting authors- Jess Kidd! Coming hot on the heels of her previous successes with The Hoarder and Himself, Things in Jars is a twisted Victorian detective tale which thrills as much as it inspires. A stolen child, a brilliant lady detective and a dungeons-worth of medical curiosities all serve to make this the…
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