Do come to the (literal) launch of my fourth novel – on a real boat!
Cold bubbles, fishy smackerels, a (very) short reading and a return cruise to the mouth of the River Tyne, where the novel is set. (The boat has disabled access and a pay bar, plus two inside decks in case of inclement weather.)
Embark at 5.30pm. The cruise will set off at 6pm sharp.
5.30pm, Thursday, 7 August, £5
Fortuna, Quayside (near Pitcher and Piano), Newcastle upon Tyne
Herring Girl tells the story of schoolboy Ben, who wants a sex change because he believes he has been born into the wrong body. Past-life therapist Mary thinks he may be right. In hypnotic trances Ben recalls a previous incarnation as herring girl Annie, but the memories stop abruptly in the summer of 1898 when Annie is 16…
Published by Oneworld, 7 August (UK); 9 August (US); hbk, £16.99