Waterstones Liverpool Presents An Evening With Chris Shepherd

Waterstones Liverpool are delighted to welcome writer, artist, filmmaker and son of the city Chris Shepherd who joins us to discuss his stunning debut graphic novel Anfield Road. The book beautifully depicts a coming of age story centered around growing up in the working-class dynamics of Merseyside in the late Eighties.

As Conor Sterling is about to turn 18, he wrestles with the tough choice to go to art college or look after his sick, dominating grandmother? While life seems to move faster, he falls for a West-Indian girl who his grandmother disapproves of. Conor is torn between doing the right thing for him or submitting to the will of his crazy grandmother.

What follows is a funny and poignant coming of age story set in Liverpool in 1989. The land of The La's, the Hillsborough disaster and Findus Crispy Pancakes.
Chris will be in conversation with DJ, broadcaster and music historian Bernie Connor. Bernie is beloved in the Liverpool music scene and far beyond and is widely regarded and revered for his extensive knowledge of music, particularly in genres like punk, post-punk, electronic, and experimental music.

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