Author Talk with Wyl Menmuir

Name: Author Talk with Wyl Menmuir
Start: 2025-09-10T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-10T21:30:00+01:00
Location: The Passmore Edwards Building, The Cross, Cross Street, TR14 8HA Camborne, United Kingdom

Schedule

Wed Sep 10 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Passmore Edwards Building, The Cross, Cross Street, TR14 8HA Camborne, United Kingdom | Camborne, EN

Wyl Menmuir - author of 'The Draw of the Sea' and 'The Heart of the Woods' - is coming to Camborne Library.
Wyl Menmuir is a multi-award winning author based in Cornwall. His 2016 debut novel, The Many was longlisted for the Booker Award and was an Observer Best Fiction of the year pick. His second novel, Fox Fires was published in 2021 and his short fiction has been published by the BBC, Nightjar Press, Kneehigh Theatre and National Trust Books, and has appeared in Best British Short Stories.
His first full-length non fiction book, The Draw of the Sea, won the Roger Deakin Award from the Society of Authors and a Holyer an Gof Award. His second non fiction book, The Heart of The Woods, was released in 2024. A former journalist, Wyl has written for Radio 4, The Guardian and The Observer.
He is a course leader for Curtis Brown Creative, co-creator of the Cornish writing centre, The Writers’ Block and is a senior lecturer in creative writing at Falmouth University. Wyl now lives on Cornwall's north coast with his wife and two children. When he is not writing or teaching writing, Wyl enjoys messing around in boats.
Date: Wednesday 10th September
Time: 6:30pm -7:30pm
Location: Camborne Library, The Passmore Edwards Building, Camborne, Cornwall