Literary Titbits With Ben Fergusson, Brody Studios Budapest, 27 January
- 26 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
Ben Fergusson`s debut novel won the Historical Writers’ Association Debut Crown for debut historical fiction. HWA chair Manda Scott said: “Ben Fergusson’s The Spring of Kasper Meier is a truly outstanding work of fiction that will, I hope, enter into the canon of English literature. It takes the known tragedies of the Second World War and extends them into what was, for most of the judges, an unknown arena: Berlin in the immediate aftermath of war, when the city was in ruins and the rubble gangs foraged for survival. The reality of it, the horror, was visceral and yet told with an immense and compassionate beauty. It’s a masterpiece. To have written it as a first novel is an exceptional achievement.”
Ben Fergusson is a novelist, editor, publisher and translator. Born in Southampton in 1980, he grew up near Didcot in Oxfordshire and studied English Literature at Warwick University and Modern Languages at Bristol University. He has worked for over ten years as an art-book editor and publisher.
Ben’s first novel, The Spring of Kasper Meier, was written during a four-year period living and working in Berlin. Selected for Waterstone’s Book Club, WHSmith Fresh Talent and the BBC Radio 2 Book Club, it was long listed for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award and shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award.
It won the 2015 Betty Trask Prize for an outstanding debut novel by a writer under 35 and the HWA Debut Crown 2015 for the best historical fiction debut of the year.
Schedule:
19:00 | Bar Opens
19:00 | Pre - talk dinner | á la carte Chef’s offer (till 20:15)
20:30 | author talk | Q&A
21:15 | Post - talk dinner | á la carte Chef’s offer
Please ensure you arrive on time as a courtesy to the writer.
Tickets (must be purchased in advance):
2.500 HUF per person for members | 3.500 HUF for guests (ticket includes author talk)
Buy your book on the night and have it signed by the author.
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Described as ‘Budapest’s epicentre of cool’ (The Guardian newspaper) Brody Studios’ literary dinners promise a unique, enlightening experience for readers and diners alike; bespoke menus and the company of fellow bibliophiles together with literary superstars.
Source: Brody Studios
Address: 1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty utca 38.
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