An Evening with Lex Croucher and Melinda Salisbury - Birmingham
About this Event
Join us for a magical evening steeped in folklore and legends as we welcome Lex Croucher and Melinda Salisbury to discuss their YA novels, Bridget and Gabe Are Not Okay and Local Gods.
About Bridget and Gabe Are Not Okay
In the irresistibly witty follow-up to Croucher's bestselling Gwen and Art Are Not in Love, the newly crowned King of Camelot battles with panic attacks - and is too afraid to tell Arthur about them - whilst Bridget is searching for her lost jousting groove to ensure Gwen's affection.
About Local Gods
The fate of Pine Ridge Hollow and the creatures entwined with it lies in the hands of the girl whose father nearly destroyed the small town in this haunting slice of YA folk horror from the author of The Sin Eater's Daughter.
Lex Croucher grew up in Surrey, reading a lot of books and making friends with strangers on the internet, and now lives in London. With a background in social media for NGOs, they now write historical-ish rom-coms and fantasy for both adults and teenagers. Their debut YA novel, Gwen and Art Are Not in Love, won the YA Book Prize 2024, the Books Are My Bag Readers’ Award for Young Adult Fiction, and was an instant New York Times bestseller.
Melinda Salisbury is the four-time Carnegie nominated and bestselling author of multiple teen and young adult novels, including the Sin Eater's Daughter series, Hold Back the Tide, and Her Dark Wings, a Guardian Children's Book of the Year 2022 and a Reading Agency Book of the Year 2022 pick. Her debut teen novel, EchoStar, a tech thriller aimed at 12–14-year-olds, was published in March 2024 by Barrington Stoke, with AdelAIDE following in August 2024 and The Foundation in January 2025.
Lex and Melinda will be in conversation followed by an audience Q&A and signing.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 6.00 to GBP 13.00
