Event 12

Tuesday 5th November 2024 | 12 noon

Event 12 | Charlotte Philby | The End of Summer

£12.00

Charlotte Philby – The End of Summer – A Novel

Life seldom works out to what is planned. How much of this is due to circumstance and fate? When a telephone rings in a french farmhouse, Judy knows her past has finally caught up with her. Her daughter, Francesca, insists on knowing why there are so many journalists in pursuit of her. Charlotte Philby writes a gripping nuanced literary thriller which exposes the secrets and lies so many mother/ daughter relationships have to come to terms with.

in conversation with Olivia Glazebrook

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When: Tuesday 5th November 2024 @ 12 noon
Where: The Bull Ballroom
Sponsored by: Georgia Langton

Description

Charlotte Philby worked for the Independent for eight years as a columnist, editor and reporter, and was shortlisted for the Cudlipp Prize for her investigative journalism at the 2013 Press Awards. A former contributing editor and feature writer at Marie Claire, she has written for the New Statesman, Elle, Telegraph, Guardian and Sunday Times, been interviewed on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking, BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends and presented documentaries for the BBC World Service and The One Show. Charlotte is the granddaughter of Kim Philby, Britain’s most infamous communist double-agent, the elusive ‘third man’ in the notorious Cambridge spy ring. This is her fifth novel.

Olivia Glazebrookis a writer living in West Dorset. Her recent novel The Frank Business is published by John Murray.

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