Helen Oyeyemi - Peaces

We are so excited to be hosting an event with the inimitable Helen Oyeyemi to celebrate the publication of her latest novel, Peaces. She will be in conversation with Edinburgh-based writer Camilla Grudova. The event will take place online with both Helen and Camilla joining us from their homes via Crowdcast.

Peaces is the story of Otto and Xavier Shin, a couple who embark on a mysterious train journey that takes them far beyond any destination they could have anticipated. As they roll along, Otto and Xavier discover that each carriage is more curious and fascinating than the last, becoming embroiled in intrigue aboard this strange train. Who is Ava Kapoor, the sole full-time inhabitant of the train, and what is her relationship to a man named Prem? Are they passengers or prisoners? We discover who orchestrated the journey, hurtling them all into their past for clues.

This is a brilliant, wise, strange and, above all, beautiful novel.

Helen Oyeyemi is the author of The Icarus Girl; The Opposite House; White Is for Witching, which won the Somerset Maugham Award; Mr. Fox; Boy, Snow, Bird; Gingerbread; and the short-story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. In 2013, Helen was included in Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists.

Camilla Grudova lives in Edinburgh where she works as a bartender. Her short story collection, The Doll’s Alphabet, was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2017. Her novel is forthcoming.

When you purchase a hardback edition of Peaces via the options below, you receive access to watch the livestream from home. There is an option to purchase a £3 voucher, which also provides access to the livestream. The voucher can be used on any item in the bookshop and on our website – including books by featured authors. Please consider supporting the bookshop by purchasing a book or voucher, however we are also offering a Free Ticket option for this event.

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