Jane Rogers - The Testament of Jessie Lamb - Friday 23rd Sept @ 7pm

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We are delighted to welcome award winning author and screenwriter, Jane Rogers to Cole's on Friday 23rd September @ 7pm. Jane will be reading from and discussing her latest novel - 'The Testament of Jessie Lamb' as well as some of her previous work including Mr Wroe's Virgins.

Jane has written eight novels including Her living Image (Somerset Maugham Award), Mr Wroe’s
Virgins (Guardian Fiction Prize runner-up), Promised Lands (Writers Guild Best Novel Award), Island (Orange long-listed), and The Voyage Home. She has written drama for radio and TV, including an award-winning adaptation of Mr Wroe’s Virgins for BBC2. Her radio work includes both original drama and Classic Serial adaptations. She has taught writing at the University of Adelaide, Paris Sorbonne IV, and on a radio-writing project in Eastern Uganda. She is Professor of Writing at Sheffield Hallam University, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Jane lives on the edge of the moors in Lancashire.

The Testament of Jessie Lamb - Women are dying in their millions. Some blame scientists, some see the hand of God, some see human arrogance reaping the punishment it deserves. Jessie Lamb is an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times: as her world collapses, her idealism and courage drive her towards the ultimate act of heroism. If the human race is to survive, it’s up to her. But is Jessie heroic? Or is she, as her father fears, impressionable, innocent, incapable of understanding where her actions will lead? Set just a month or two in the future, in a world
irreparably altered by an act of biological terrorism, The Testament of Jessie Lamb explores a young
woman’s determination to make her life count for something, as the certainties of her childhood are ripped apart.

Tickets for this event are £5 and include wine/fruit juice and nibbles. Your ticket will also give you 10% off anything you purchase on the night.