Writers Bloc Presents Emma Donoghue

Schedule

Thu Nov 06 2025 at 07:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-08:00

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Writers Guild Theater | Beverly Hills, CA

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The author of one of the most talked-about books in years, Room, Emma Donoghue discusses her latest novel, The Paris Express.
About this Event

Emma Donoghue knows how to get us into a room and keep us there. For as long as it takes. We want to go outside. But depending on the setting, sometimes we can, sometimes we can't. And as we race through her novels, we know it's a race against time.

The author of one of the most talked-about books in years, Room, Emma Donoghue does contemporary and historical fiction with suspense to spare. In her latest novel, The Paris Express, Donoghue uses a 1895 train crash at Montparnasse to explore fin-de-ciecle French society, its beauty and its tragedies set in a few railroad cars. A train is, after all, a cross section of random people thrown together in a confined space.

Donoghue gives us slices of social strata from upper to lower, political (anarchy!) and arts movements (movies!), men's and women's continual social challenges, love and longing, the greatness and indignities of industrialization, and so much more. Woven throughout with historical figures from 19th century Paris life, The Paris Express leaves the reader considering the poignancy of how we spend our time on a journey when so many outside factors spell life or death.

We love this novel.

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Emma Donoghue Photo: Woodgate Photography


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Writers Guild Theater, 135 South Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, United States

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