Tariq Goddard: The Picture of Contented New Wealth

We are thrilled to welcome acclaimed author & publisher TARIQ GODDARD back to Voce Books for another night of filters off conversation exploring the state of radical, independent publishing & the reissue of his award-winning metaphysical gothic novel THE PICTURE OF CONTENTED NEW WEALTH.

The event will be chaired by writer & Voce Books co-owner, Clive Judd.

‘A genuine hybrid and a one-off, crafting & grafting police noir, folk horror & occult parapolitics into an altered States of the Nation novel of monsters past & present. PD James meets MR James...” DAVID PEACE on HIGH JOHN THE CONQUEROR

TARIQ GODDARD is the author of seven novels including his 2002 debut, the Whitbread (latterly Costa) Prize shortlisted ‘Homage to a Firing Squad’ & 2017’s ‘Nature and Necessity’. He has been nominated for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, & the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize & has co-edited two collections of essays, ‘The Repeater Book of the Occult’ & ‘The Repeater Book of Heroism’. His last book ‘High John the Conqueror’ was published by Repeater Books in 2022.

This is one of our DIALOGUES events, hosting interviews with experimental contemporary authors, picking at the threads of their new fiction works & the ideas that underpin them.

TICKETS: £3 standard entry* / £9.99 book & entry / free entry**

Please book your ticket here on our Eventbrite page***

*Standard entry tickets are redeemable against any book purchased in store on the night of the event.

**Free entry tickets are strictly limited & are offered to anyone for whom the entry fee might be a barrier

***Please note we will be unable to offer refunds on tickets when requested within 7 days of an event date.

VOCE BOOKS is located at 54-57 Allison Street, Digbeth with step-free access via the Warehouse Café. For further enquiries about the event, or to discuss any access requirements please email [email protected]

Host or Publisher Voce Books