The Given World: In conversation with Melissa Harrison
Schedule
Wed, 24 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Grosvenor Arms | Shaftesbury, EN
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The Given WorldApril brings spring surging with it, giving rise, among many in the village, to a comforting illusion that all is somehow still right with the world, and that nothing will ever change.
In the ancient Welm Valley, something is shifting: the river is behaving oddly, while the arrival of spring, with its familiar rhythms, is shadowed by an undercurrent of unease.
A woman falls while out walking and hopes to be found before nightfall; a doctor realises, too late, that he has long underestimated his wife; across the village, people are plagued by the same vast and unsettling dream. And alone in a converted priory, overlooking watermeadows unchanged for centuries, Clare Grey receives news which will force her to reconsider her family’s past and the fresh weight of her solitary existence.
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Where is it happening?
The Grosvenor Arms, High Street 7,Shaftesbury, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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