Flatlands

Join us for an evening with award-winning author, poet and art-critic Sue Hubbard as she talks about her latest novel, Flatlands.

Freda is a twelve-year-old evacuee from the East End, sent to live with a farming family deep in the lonely landscape of the Fens.

Philip is an artist and a conscientious objector, living in a remote lighthouse on the shores of the Wash.

The two outcasts come together amid the wild beauty of the wetlands, beneath skies filled with migrating birds and crisscrossed by Nazi bombers. As the world is consumed by war, they form a friendship that will change the course of both their lives.

Sue Hubbard is an award-winning poet, novelist and art critic living in London but with strong links to Frome. Her novels include Depth of Field; Girl in White ;Rainsongs; and Flatlands. She has published five collections of poetry with a six on the way, and writes regularly as an art critic for has written regularly for The Independent, The New Statesman and many art publications and has written artists’ catalogues. We are delighted to be hosting Sue as part of The Accidental Book Festival.

ESSENTIAL INFO:

• There will be a Q&A and book signing after the event. Copies of the book will be available to buy on the night.
• There is parking at the venue itself and free on-street parking opposite. There are several public car parks within short walking distance of the venue.
• There is level access at the venue.