An Evening with Alice Chadwick
Set against a backdrop of strikes and economic unrest, Alice Chadwick’s dazzling debut novel Dark Like Under captures the restless and rising potential of late adolescence in a 1980s English school.
Mapped across a warm spring day, life unfolds in the aftermath of the death of a beloved teacher, Mr Ardennes. But while students and teachers grapple with this sudden loss, the day, as it must, continues. Lessons, flirtations, arguments. The clock ticks on.
At the heart of it all is Tin. Burning bright with defiance, feared and adored in equal measure – and potentially betrayed by best friend Robin and boyfriend Jonah. As the heat of the baking hot day intensifies, rivalries and hormones simmer, and old secrets surface.
In conversation with writer Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, Alice will discuss the significance of the 80s setting to the socio-political situation of our times, the importance of narratives focused on education, young people and teenage relationships in literary fiction, communal loss and grief, and much more.
Described as ‘a haunting, hypnotically written’ novel by The Independent and a ‘quiet, understated book…of bottled magic’ by The Bookseller, Dark Like Under will enthral and move in equal measure.
The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of Dark Like Under (RRP £10.99) deliverable to any UK or international address.
The event will initially be broadcast on 27 March at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does not suit the initial broadcast time you can watch it at any point after the initial showing for two weeks.
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