Jennifer Higgie in conversation at Books Upstairs

Culture Club and Roe River Books are delighted to welcome the esteemed writer Jennifer Higgie to Dublin for an ‘in conversation’ event. Jennifer will discuss her latest critically acclaimed work, ‘The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World’ in Books Upstairs, Dublin on Sunday May 26th at 2.30pm.

THE OTHER SIDE is the first major work of art history to focus on women artists and their engagement with the spirit world, by one of the foremost art writers at work today.

JENNIFER HIGGIE is a writer who studied painting at art school in Australia before moving to London. Previously the editor of frieze magazine, she was also the presenter of Bow Down, a podcast about women in art history. She is a screenwriter, the editor of a collection of writings on art and humour, The Artist’s Joke, a novel, Bedlam, a children's book, There's Not One, and The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience - 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits.

Her latest book ‘The Other Side’, now out in paperback has been extremely well received, in her review in The New York Times, Mary Gabriel wrote ‘the strength of Higgie’s book is that it is not merely another treatise on the wrongs suffered by women artists throughout history. This tale is about something much larger than grievance. There is a vein of optimism and wonder running through the text. The women whom Higgie profiles created, and they did so despite cultural scorn.’

Praise for The Other Side:

‘The Other Side lit up my brain. A radical, fascinating exploration of art and the otherworldly, Higgie is an expert and erudite guide in this brilliant reclamation of female artists’

SINEAD GLEESON, author of CONSTELLATIONS

‘Wonderful . . . Higgie guides us through overlooked stories from the history of art and reveals the insights into the nature of imagination which reside there. Illuminating in every sense of the word’

JOHN HIGGS, author of WILLIAM BLAKE VS THE WORLD

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