Daisy Johnson – The Hotel
WithDaisy Johnson
In conversation withFiona Mozley
On:22nd October 2024, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
We're looking forward to Daisy Johnson joining us for the Edinburgh launch of her new short story collection, The Hotel. A triumph of contemporary horror from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author, this collection of short stories will haunt you long after you turn the final page. Johnson will be in conversation with fellow writer Fiona Mozley.
This event will take place in the bookshop with an in-person audience. There will be a signing after the event.
Vouchers can be redeemed on the night of the event against a single copy of The Hotel – we will have a list of attendees with vouchers to be redeemed. Please note that only one voucher can be redeemed per book.
About The Hotel:
A place of myths, rumours and secrets, The Hotel looms over the dark Fens, tall and grey in its Gothic splendour. Built on cursed land, a history of violent death suffuses its very foundations –yet it has a magnetism that is impossible to ignore.
On entering The Hotel, different people react in different ways. To some it is familiar, to others a stranger. Many come out refreshed, longing to return. But a few are changed forever, haunted by their time there. And almost all those affected are women...
They are children and mothers, monsters, cult film-makers, thrill-seekers and workers on the night shift, all with their own tales of its strange power, of the horrors of Room 63, and of desperate but failed attempts to escape its seductive pull.
Please note: Tickets for our events are non-refundable. Professional photography and videography may take place during this event. Thank you for your understanding.
Participants:
Daisy Johnson Author
Daisy Johnsonwas born in 1990. Her debut short-story collection, Fen, was published in 2016. In 2018 she became the youngest author ever to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize with her debut novel Everything Under. She is the winner of the Harper’s Bazaar Short Story Prize, A. M. Heath Prize and Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Her debut play, Viola’s Room, was produced in 2024 by the immersive theatre company Punchdrunk. She currently lives in Oxford by the river.
Fiona Mozley Chair
Fiona Mozley is the author of two novels: Elmet (2017) and Hot Stew (2021). She has been short-listed for the Booker Prize and the Ondaatje Prize and has won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Polari Prize. She has been long-listed for the Women's Prize and the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, The New Statesman, The Financial Times, The Fence Magazine and British Vogue, among others. She has been a judge for the BBC National Short Story Award. She lives in Edinburgh.
The venue
The Portobello Bookshop
46 Portobello High Street
Edinburgh
EH15 1DA
Telephone: 0131 629 6756
Website: www.theportobellobookshop.com
Wheelchair Access
We have a ramp at the front of the shop which has a ratio of 1:10 and loading capacity of 300kg, and so should be able to be used by most wheelchair users or those with mobility vehicles. The front doors are fully automated. Our shop interior is designed to allow access throughout for wheelchair users and prams, though please note there is only 700mm wide clearance to access the staff toilet.
Sound
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