November 2024
Absolution with Jeff VanderMeer at Mr B’s Emporium
Jeff VanderMeer presents and discusses the fourth volume in the Southern Reach Trilogy. The trilogy was first published a decade ago and became a cult classic. Despite its huge success, there was never full closure to the story of Area X. There were a few mysteries that had gone unsolved, some key points of view never aired. There were stories left to tell. There remained questions about who had been complicit in creating the conditions for Area X to take…
Find out more »The Land in Winter with Andrew Miller at Mr B’s Emporium
Set near Bristol in the 1960s during one of the coldest and longest winters on record, the story follows two married couples whose lives are set to change in surprising and irrevocable ways. In December 1962, the West Country in the darkness of an old asylum, a young man unscrews the lid from a bottle of sleeping pills. In the nearby village, two couples begin their day. Local doctor, Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his…
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