An Evening with Bobby Palmer - Trafalgar Sq

Join us for an evening of laughter, tears, and love stories as we welcome Bobby Palmer with his latest novel Main Characters. In conversation with Pandora Sykes, the two will explore the joys and woes of the modern love story. Come along for a night of love, friendship, dysfunctional families and life-changing connections. For this is a love story, told by everyone but the main characters.

Main Characters

Clara and Seb are about to fall in love.They don't know it yet.But everybody else does.
When Clara and Seb meet in a quiet corner of London, it's the start of something. She wants to be a director. He's an actor, unsure what he wants from life. Their connection is magnetic. Everyone can see that falling in love looks something like this. But when Clara casts Seb in the film that will make her name, what should be the happiest time of their lives ends with a gut-wrenching betrayal. Some love stories are bigger than just two people. This one is told through the eyes of friends, flatmates, exes and strangers who see all the sides of Seb and Clara, from their first date to the moment they fell apart.Everyone has their version of events. But only Clara and Seb can decide how their story ends...

Bobby Palmer is both an author and journalist. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Isaac and the Egg, was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year in 2022; his second novel Small Hours was published in 2024. Bobby cohosts the podcast Book Chat with Pandora Sykes and his writing has appeared in GQ, Esquire, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan amongst others. He lives with his family in Sussex.

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