In the company of The Sunday Times bestselling author AJ Pearce, we take an inspiring and entertaining but also poignant look at the experiences of women in Britain in World War 2.
AJ Pearce has drawn on her collection of vintage women’s magazines and interviews with women who lived through the war years to inspire her popular Emmy Lake novels – Dear Mrs Bird, Yours Cheerfully and Mrs Porter Calling.
AJ Pearce was born in Hampshire, UK. Her favourite subjects at school were English and History. She majored in American History at the University of Sussex, spending her Junior Year at Northwestern University in Illinois, USA. Her debut novel Dear Mrs Bird was a Sunday Times Bestseller and has been published in the USA, Canada and Australia and translated into over fifteen languages. Dear Mrs Bird was shortlisted for the Debut of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards, the Royal Society of Literature Sir Christopher Bland Prize, and the Historical Writers’ Association’s Debut Crown 2019 for the best historical debut. It was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick in the UK, and the USA was shortlisted in the US Library Reads Favorites of Favorites 2018. In 2022 it was chosen for BBC Radio 4’s Book Club.
AJ has appeared at literary events and festivals across the UK, including Cheltenham, Henley, Ilkley, Chipping Norton, Durham, Guildford, and The British Museum. Her second novel, the sequel Yours Cheerfully, was published in 2021 and was a Times Top 10 hit. Her new novel, Mrs Porter Calling, is the third in the Emmy Lake Chronicles series and will be published on 25 May 2023 in the UK and 8 August in the USA/Canada.
The event will be held at the Gill Nethercott Centre, next to the Silk Mill.
TICKETS: £20 INCLUDES A FREE DRINK ON ARRIVAL In aid of Living Weaving Heritage at the Silk Mill
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