Big Beginnings

A writer’s first introduction to readers with their debut is a momentous occasion.

In this panel discussion, three debut novelists discuss their emergence as writers and the journey to publication.

First Name Second Name by Steve MinOn is embedded in a turbulent family history, one which stretches from around the world and back again. In the far reaches of Scotland’s islands, a man tends his lighthouse with his son before trouble arrives in Michael Pedersen’s Muckle Flugga. Written in dual first-person narrative, Chloe Wilson’s The Thornbacks follows two morticians into a darkly humorous tale of revenge.

Join Steve, Michael and Chloe as they discuss debut novels with host Madeleine Gray.