Eleanor Catton in Conversation

Eleanor Catton is one of New Zealand's most prominent contemporary novelists, whose second novel The Luminaries won the 2013 Man Booker Prize. She is also the author of The Rehearsal, which was shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and Guardian First Book Award in 2009.

In a UK exclusive event as part of the Creative Dissonance CModS research strand and the Writers at York series, Catton will read from her current work and discuss her fiction in conversation.

This is a Creative Dissonance and Writers at York event, part of the York Festival of Ideas.

Admission is free, but booking is required via Eventbrite.

Creative Dissonance is a CModS research strand for 2017-18.

offers a lively programme of public readings and workshops, and aims to celebrate and explore the work of emerging and established contemporary writers.