The Big Book Group Event: Stealing Dad by Sofka Zinovieff
Join Hexham Book Festival for our popular Big Book Group Event, perfect for avid readers.
What do you do when you’re not allowed to attend your father’s funeral?
This is the question facing Alekos’s far-flung children from many marriages when the successful, if controversial, Greek sculptor dies in London. His last wife and now widow is determined that they stay away, but for the first time, all the sisters and brothers meet up and plan to take matters into their own hands, with surprising and hilarious consequences.
All attendees can order specially priced hardbacks to read ahead of the event.
Hardback books (RRP £20) available for:
- £12.50 book only (collect from the Queen’s Hall, Hexham)
- £16.50 posted to an address of your choice
Email us to order: info@hexhambookfestival.co.uk.
Chaired by Liv Chapman
“Part grief-memoir and part macabre escapade… the writing is fresh [and] sensuous… the author weaves in some valuable ideas [such as] how selfish parenting can pass on ‘destructive impulses.” – Spectator
“I was completely absorbed from the beginning. Stealing Dad captures the darkness of a bereaved, divided family and takes it on a sometimes hilarious joy-ride into the light.” – Mary Portas
Booking Information
- Priority Booking for Festival Friends opens at 08.00 on Friday 27th of February. Tickets go on general sale from Monday 2nd March.
- Our concession tickets are available to Friends of the Festival, those on benefits and students.
- Hearing loops are available for Theatre and Library events. Carers qualify for free ‘essential companion’ tickets. Wheelchair spaces are limited. In all cases, please call the Box Office on 01434 652477 to book or email: boxoffice@queenshall.co.uk.
- Tickets cannot be refunded but can be exchanged for other Book Festival events.
- All bookings are subject to a booking fee of £1.50 per transaction.
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