THE BRIDPORT LITERARY FESTIVAL 2025
Special Event at the Electric Palace
The Electric Palace | Thursday 19th June 2025 | 2.30pm
We are delighted to announce that the international best-selling author, Tracy Chevalier, will be with us to talk about her latest spellbinding new novel, The Glass Maker.
Tracy has been visiting Venice regularly since her honeymoon there thirty years ago and her story is a vivid and inventive portrait of a woman, a family and a city that is as everlasting as their glass. In Venice 1486, across the lagoon lies Murano celebrated for its brilliance of glass creation. Women are not expected to work with such precious transparent material but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. Skipping like a stone through centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through tragedy and triumph, war and plague, through love and loss to create the perfection of a lifetime.
Author of Remarkable Creatures and Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy is undoubtedly one of our most popular and critically acclaimed writers and she will be in conversation about her work with fellow writer, Jo Willett.
The conversation between Tracy Chevalier and Jo Willett takes place on 19th June at 2.30 pm.
Tickets £15
The tickets can be obtained from the Electric Palace online or Bridport Tourist Office in South Street, Bridport. Either in person or by phone on 01308 424901