LOCAL AUTHOR DAY
Saturday 21 November
Online event
Join us at online for a day of events to celebrate the talent of authors living and working in the borough
Each event £6
CANCELLED Ellen Alpsten
Tsarina
7pm – 8pm
Lover. Murderer. Mother. Meet TSARINA, the most powerful woman history ever forgot.
'The extraordinary life and career of Catherine I of Russia is brought to life in Alpsten's colourful novel' - Sunday Times, Summer Reading Picks 2020
Ellen Alpsten was born and raised in the Kenyan highlands, before attending L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. Whilst studying for her Msc in PPE she won the Grande École short story competition with her novella Meeting Mr. Gandhi. Ellen Alpsten combines startling historical detail to create a superlative work of historical fiction that ‘makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme’ (Daisy Goodwin).
Today, Ellen works as an author and as a journalist for international publications such as Vogue, Standpoint and CN Traveller. She lives in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames with her husband, three children and a chubby, moody fox-red Labrador.
Tsarina
7pm – 8pm
Lover. Murderer. Mother. Meet TSARINA, the most powerful woman history ever forgot.
'The extraordinary life and career of Catherine I of Russia is brought to life in Alpsten's colourful novel' - Sunday Times, Summer Reading Picks 2020
Ellen Alpsten was born and raised in the Kenyan highlands, before attending L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. Whilst studying for her Msc in PPE she won the Grande École short story competition with her novella Meeting Mr. Gandhi. Ellen Alpsten combines startling historical detail to create a superlative work of historical fiction that ‘makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme’ (Daisy Goodwin).
Today, Ellen works as an author and as a journalist for international publications such as Vogue, Standpoint and CN Traveller. She lives in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames with her husband, three children and a chubby, moody fox-red Labrador.
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CANCELLED Writing Workshop with
Louise Fein and Molly Gartland 4pm – 5pm Join Creative Writing Masters graduates of St Mary’s University and newly published authors Louise Fein & Molly Gartland as they take you on a creative writing journey, sharing advice and tips informed by their own experiences. |
Louise Fein's debut novel People Like Us, is a story of love, loss and finding oneself in a nation gripped by tyranny. Louise ran her own consultancy business following a career in banking and law before realising her childhood dream of becoming an author. She lives in Surrey with her husband, children and her writing companion, Bonnie the dog.
Molly Gartland, originally from Michigan, now lives in Teddington. She worked in Moscow for six years and has been fascinated by Russian culture ever since. Her debut novel The Girl from the Hermitage, guides us from the old communist world, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, to the bling of 21st-century St Petersburg.
Running time: 60 minutes
Molly Gartland, originally from Michigan, now lives in Teddington. She worked in Moscow for six years and has been fascinated by Russian culture ever since. Her debut novel The Girl from the Hermitage, guides us from the old communist world, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, to the bling of 21st-century St Petersburg.
Running time: 60 minutes
