Welcome to 2012, TBSHers! Say goodbye to those Depressuary blues and hello to some pre-Valentine’s literature on Monday, February 13:
KATY DARBY, author of debut novel The Whores’ Asylum – a gothic thriller set on the seedy backstreets of Oxford in the olden days. Because what could be more romantic than an Oxford medical student getting all caught up with a lady of the night?
OLIVIA LAING, author of To The River. Nature writer extraordinaire Robert Macfarlane is a fan, and the Times said: “Laing seems to lack a layer of skin, rendering her susceptible to the smallest vibrations of the natural world as well as to the frailties of the human psyche.” So keep an eye out for an author with thin skin.
And rounding out our inadvertent ladies night is ELIZABETH DAY, whose debut novel Scissors, Paper, Stone gives a new meaning to family drama, with comas, secrets, and serious mother/daughter issues. Guardian reviewer Catherine Taylor called it an “impeccably structured debut about an emotionally arid couple, their only child, and the secrets hidden under a veneer of middle-class rectitude.”
We’ve also got a special guest host for the night – Carrie Plitt (catch her hosting her radio show on NTS on Feb 25).
@lijak
