14th April, 7:30pm - Lizzy Stewart, The Wreck

Backstory, 71 Balham High Rd, SW12 9AP

Author and illustrator Lizzy Stewart will be joining us to talk about her new illustrated novel The Wreck, a stunning illustrated novel about class and confidence, love and envy.  

Lizzy's first debut fully illustrated novel Alison was published in 2022 and Lizzy teaches illustration at Goldsmith's, University of London.  

About the book:

Charlotte and Francesca were best friends at university in the mid-
1970s. But tensions coursed beneath their natural affection, deepening when Fran got together with Charlotte’s friend Adrian, and the two women drifted apart.

When Fran contacts Charlotte out of the blue with an unusual proposal – an invitation to live with her and Adrian in the rambling house they’ve bought in the countryside Charlotte impulsively persuades her partner, Bill, to accept this tantalising promise of a new kind of community.

At first their new life feels utopian; life and space are shared joyfully.  But it doesn’t take long for old tensions to rise to the surface, shattering their illusions and showing each of them in a new light.

The Wreck is a glorious genre-defying illustrated novel about the messy tangle of love, envy and desire that underpins our most precious relationships, and the difficult paths we must take to discover our true selves.

Tickets Available:

Ticket only - £15 (This ticket does not include a copy of the book. You can decide to buy a copy on the night, but this will be charged in addition, at the full price of the book.)

Ticket & book  (RRP £25) - £30 (To collect on the night.)