Featuring Tracy Chevalier, Jessie Burton and Grace McCleen
Jessie Burton, Grace McCleen and Tracy Chevalier discuss the psychology of the miniature: why small things affect us emotionally, the process of writing about small things and the miniature in Charlotte Brontë's life. The evening will include readings from Jessie and Grace's work.
Jessie Burton was born in London in 1982, and studied at Oxford University and the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her debut novel,
The Miniaturist, was released to huge acclaim in 2014, and was selected as Waterstones Book of the Year.
Grace McCleen is writer-in-residence at the Brontë Parsonage Museum for 2016, and has always been interested in miniaturisation. Her debut novel,
The Land of Decoration (2012), was published in more than twenty languages and won the Desmond Elliott and Betty Trask Awards.
Tracy Chevalier is the author of eight novels, including the international bestseller
Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Last Runaway and the recently released
At the Edge of the Orchard. Born in Washington DC, she now lives in London with her husband and son.
Tickets £12 / £10 concessions and Brontë Society members and should be booked in advance by clicking the link to the left of the screen, or by calling 01535 640188.