An Evening with Emma Hinds
Join us for a magical evening with Mancunian author, Emma Hinds. Emma will be in conversation with Elle Machray about her brand-new book, The Quick and the Dead after her debut novel, The Knowing was named a Sunday Times Historical Book Of The Month.
Join Emma for an evening of questions, conversation and why Elizabethan London has a lot to answer for.
‘If you love Sarah Waters and dark historical fiction, you will no doubt be hooked.‘ – Diva Magazine
Every ticket includes a hardback copy of Emma's brand new book which she will sign and dedicate on the night.
About The Quick and the Dead
'Wonderfully evocative, this book transports the reader to the dark underworld of late Elizabethan London. I was gripped from the first page.' Tracy Borman
It is 1597 and Kit Skevy and Mariner Elgin have just robbed the wrong grave.
They are young criminals in the pocket of a gang Lord named Will Twentyman, the Grave Eorl of Southwark. Mariner is the best cutpurse around, a strange Calvinist girl who dresses like a boy and is partner in crime to Kit Skevy, Southwark's best brawler who carries a secret: he cannot feel pain.
When caught out in their unfortunate larceny, Kit is kidnapped by the menacing alchemist Lord Isherwood (a man who will stop at nothing to achieve his hopes for the Red Lion elixir) and his studious son, Lazarus Isherwood, with whom Kit develops a complicated intrigue. When Mariner enlists the help of a competing French alchemist, Lady Elody Blackwater, Mariner and Kit are thrust into the shadowed, political world of Tudor alchemy, testing both their friendship and their lives.
It matters not who you are born to... but where you are made!
'Rich, atmospheric, original...One of my favourite historical novels' Nat Reeve, Nettleback
About Emma Hinds
Emma is a Queer playwright and author living and working in Manchester. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of St Andrews. She focuses on historical narratives, female voices, and Queer stories. Emma’s debut novel, The Knowing, is an exploration of female trauma in the vivid and cruel world of the Victorian freak show and is available through Bedford Square Publishing. Emma has been longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition twice and was a participant of the Penguin Random House Write Now Scheme in 2018.
Her latest play, PURE, was featured in Turn On festival at Hope Mill Theatre Manchester and she was the recipient of the Artist Development grant at Hope Mill Theatre.
About Your Host: Elle Machray
Elle Machray grew up in Birmingham to Caribbean and Scottish parents. They are an Observer Top 10 Debut Novelist and featured on The List's Top 100 influential people of 2024.
Elle's debut novel Remember, Remember is an alternative history which reimagines the gunpowder plot. The novel follows Delphine, a formerly enslaved woman as she takes on the British Empire to save her brother. Remember, Remember was longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Prize, judged by Dame Hilary Mantel and was shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Award. In the fleeting moments between writing and working, you can find Elle on social media talking about books, history and a never ending quest to relax.