An Evening With Lily King - BRIGHTON

Lily King is the bestselling author of multiple novels, including Euphoria and Writers & Lovers. Her latest novel, Heart The Lover, has already been longlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize For Fiction. Lily has also been announced as a finalist for the the British Book Awards Author Of The Year.
About Heart The Lover:
Our narrator understands good love stories – their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules.

She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined – with friendship, but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love.

Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth.

Written with the precision of poetry and the emotional tide of an epic, Heart the Lover is a celebration of literature and the life-long echoes of young love. This is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.

Book & ticket option includes a paperback copy of Heart The Lover (rrp £9.99) available for collection on the night.

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