Talk: Julia Blackburn, A Writing Woman

Saturday 20th February 2027 at 11.00am

Doors open at 10.30am

Tickets: £10 (including a free tea or coffee)

Tickets are available HERE, by phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.

Award-winning author Julia Blackburn will be speaking about her latest book, A Writing Woman.

In this new book, Blackburn reflects on a life shaped by books but also by places, friendships and fleeting encounters. With tenderness and unsparing candour, she tells of loves and losses, illness, ageing and building a home, assembling scenes from past and present that have made indelible marks on her life and writing.

Above all, we see the sustaining power of her curiosity and attention – to art, to nature, to other living beings. A Writing Woman is the story of a life lived in writing and confirms Blackburn as one of the most intriguing and original writers working today.

‘I’ve been writing for most of my life, with hardly a pause, as if my survival depended on the process, which I suppose in a way it did.’