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Lynn Florkiewicz: In conversation

Step back into the Golden Age of Hollywood as writer Lynn Florkiewicz brings screen idol, Rossano Brazzi back to life.

Brazzi was famed for starring roles in South Pacific and the Italian Job. When novelist Lynn Florkiewicz sought a biography of one of her favourite actors, she found little information had been written about this enigmatic star. She soon found herself on a quest to uncover the real Brazzi behind his glitzy film persona. Join us for an evening with Lynn as she shares some of her fascinating insights about Brazzi in her book 'A Happy Man'. In an inventive imagining of conversations they might have shared, Lynn accompanies Brazzi through the streets of Italy as he reflects on his life. Beneath the serious Latin Lover image crafted by Hollywood, she discovers a mischievous and fun man, a scholar and classically trained actor. From ancient Bologna to glamorous Beverly Hills, Rossano’s career experienced extreme highs and plummeting lows. It should be a lively and entertaining evening.

Thursday 10th October 2024 - 7.30pm

Tickets £6.00 includes a complimentary drink

Nick Harkaway in Conversation

Acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway is the son of spy fiction's most celebrated writer, John le Carré. Nick grew up with Smiley, appearing in the house when he was just two years old. Who else could take on the legacy of the Smiley canon.

Set in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Nick Harkaway's Karla's Choice is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the most gripping chacters in spy fiction. It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life.

Nick will be in conversation with Booker-nominated author Wyl Menmuir.

Sunday 20th October 2024 - 7.30pm

Tickets:
£8.00 Ticket only
£27.00 Entry ticket plus signed and dedicated hardback copy of 'Karla's Choice' 
(Book will normally be £22.00)