ESSIE FOX: BOOK EVENTS THIS MAY

An Orange Prize fiction debate will take place at 8pm on the evening of Wednesday May 30th in conjunction with Windsor Waterstones and the Windsor library. 

At the library in Bachelor's Acre, Essie will join five other panelists - the authors Julie Cohen (Summer of Living Dangerously), Lynne Shepherd (Tom-All-Alones), Nicola May (Working it Out), and Julie-Anne Corrigan, as well as Carol Dixon-Smith of Windsor Waterstone's  - each of whom will champion one of the prize's shortlisted books. 

There will be wine and refreshments and a chance to join in the discussions, which proved to be very lively last year, and also to win the complete selection of titles which are as follows: 

Anne Enright - The Forgotten Waltz 

Georgina Harding - Painter of Silence 

Madeline Miller - The Song of Achilles 

Cynthia Ozick - Foreign Bodies 

Ann Patchett - State of Wonder 

Esi Edugyan - Half Blood Blues

SOME UPCOMING APRIL EVENTS...

First up is on Friday 20th April, taking place in Stroud in Gloucestershire where Essie will be appearing at the new BookSwap event there, along with the bestselling author Ben Kane. 

And then during the following week on Wednesday April 25th Essie will be giving a detailed talk on her inspiration for The Somnambulist at Teddington Library. There will be lots of time for general chat, so if you're interested in historical fiction, or simply the writing and publishing process, please do come along.

ESSIE FOX WILL BE AT BOOKSTOCK

Next Saturday, March 24th, Essie Fox will be appearing at the Bookstock literary evening at The College Arms in London - just 2 mins walk from Goodge Street Tube and about 5 mins from Tottenham Court Road.

It looks to be a great night of comedy and literature - with drinks available throughout to make for a relaxed and fun event. Essie would love to see you there.

THE WINDSOR LITERARY DINNER

Essie Fox is delighted to be one of the guests appearing at this year's Literary Dinner, as part of the Windsor Arts Festival spring weekend of events, on the evening of Friday March 16th.


The dinner - which is to be held at the beautiful and historic Harte and Garter Hotel, within five minutes walk of both of Windsor's railway stations - will have fourteen authors,three of whom will make a formal address to the guests and, of the rest, one will sit on each table, moving around with every course - chatting and answering any questions that you might happen to have for them.

This glamorous black tie event will host a range of wonderful writers including Alison Weir, Helen Rappaport, Lynn Shepherd, Julie Cohen, Mark Forsythe, Shelley Harris, Stephanie Butland, Lucinda Lambton, Benjamin Wood, Emylia Hall - and two others as yet to be confirmed.

For more details please see this link.

ESSIE FOX ~ ON THE TV BOOK CLUB

The TV Book Club has now posted a short film, edited down from the original programme which was aired on February 12th when Essie Fox had been recorded talking about The Somnambulist.

To see the full version of the programme - with Essie appearing from about mid way through - please click this link which should stay live for the next few weeks.For a shorter version, please see the film below.

Publish Post

THE SOMNAMBULIST IS SELECTED FOR CHANNEL 4's TV BOOK CLUB

The Somnambulist has been selected as one of the TV Book Club's best reads for the show's new season with Essie Fox's episode being screened on Sunday February 12th. This year, the Book Club's format has changed to allow readers/viewers to text in or send video links with their own comments on the chosen books.

You can also vote for your favourite book when you'll be entered for a prize draw with the chance to win £100 in National Book Tokens.

PAPERBACK PUBLICATION DATE...

The Somnambulist is now available in paperback with the date having been brought forward from April to January 5th, 2012.

Another change is the cover which will now be a different version of the original hardback design. It's very lush and seductive and really captures the mood of the novel. I hope you like it too.

THE SOMNAMBULIST: A TRAILER...

ESSIE FOX ON THE SOMNAMBULIST

A lovely interview today about the writing of The Somnambulist - when Essie Fox met the writer Wendy Wallace. Wendy asked some very interesting and probing questions, as you see if you click onto this link.

ESSIE TO JOIN THE HISTORY GIRLS

From Saturday, September 24th, Essie Fox is delighted that she will become a member of The History Girls - a blog with a different post each day from various members of the group, all of whom are published authors of historical fiction.

The content is eclectic and often fascinating - please do come by and take a look...