I'm rather late at getting round to posting this but due to being away at a conference busy with life in general and having been unwell due to a stinker of a cold I've only just got round to this one.
This event was held at The Stoddard Building, part of the Sheffield Hallam University's city centre campus. This talk wasn't as well attended as the previous one I went to but that was probably due to the fact that neither author have had a film made of their books (well not that I know of anyway). This took a different form to the previous one we learned a little about each author in a brief introduction and then they went on to read extracts from their latest books. Lesley Glaister read from her book 'Chosen' and Michelle Paver read from her book 'Dark Matter'.
Lesley teaches at Sheffield Hallam University and some of her books are set in Sheffield. Having read two of her books in the past I was really interested in seeing her. Both of the books I read have differed in genre/theme the first one - The Private Parts of Women was more of a psychological theme then the second one - Nina Todd has Gone, which I would say was a crime/thriller novel. Of the two I enjoyed Nina Todd the most, it held my attention by not 'letting on' too many things too early in the plot and had quite a surprising 'edge of the seat' ending which I won't reveal in case anyone reading this hasn't read the book as it will spoil it for them. Her latest book 'Chosen' is set around a religious cult.
Michelle is well known for her books for 'young adults' and has written several different series as my 'children' are now grown I haven't really come across her books before so this was an interesting reading for me as it introduced me to her for the first time. Dark Matter is set in the 1930s and is a ghost story and the first novel Michelle has written for adults.
After each reading it was opened to questions from the audience and then followed up by a book signing where we could get books we already had signed as well as copies of the ones on sale.
I really enjoyed this talk and I do have to admit that I couldn't ultimately resist buying both books.
