WENDY ERSKINE: THE BENEFACTORS

Schedule

Wed Nov 05 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Voce Books | Birmingham, EN

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Join acclaimed, award-winning writer WENDY ERSKINE to discuss her daring debut novel of motherhood, class & money THE BENEFACTORS.
About this Event

We are absolutely thrilled to be hosting an evening with acclaimed, award-winning writer WENDY ERSKINE as she heads to Birmingham to discuss her daring, multi-perspective debut novel of motherhood, class & money THE BENEFACTORS.


The event will be chaired by Birmingham writer TAYLOR BURNS


‘Wendy Erskine is an extraordinary, deliciously vivid storyteller... an outstanding debut novel’ SALENA GODDEN author of MRS DEATH MISSES DEATH


WENDY ERSKINE works in Belfast. Her short story collection ‘Sweet Home’ was published by The Stinging Fly Press in 2018 & Picador in 2019. It was shortlisted for The Republic of Consciousness Prize & the Edge Hill Prize & longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. Her writing has appeared in anthologies by Doire, Dostoyevsky Wannabe, Faber & Faber, New Island, No Alibis, Repeater, The Stinging Fly, Winter Papers, & in various journals. Her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 & RTE Radio 1.


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


TICKETS: £3 standard entry / £18.99 inc. a copy of ‘The Benefactors’


Please book your ticket here on our Eventbrite page*


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


For further enquiries about the event, or to discuss any access requirements please email [email protected]


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


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