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Northern Bookshelf with Okechukwu Nzelu

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Wednesday 2nd October at 6.30pm

Join us in Hexham Library to meet Okechukwu Nzelu who will be talking about his latest book:

Here Again Now.

Okechukwu won a 2015 Northern Writers’ Award from New Writing North and is based in Manchester. His 2019 debut novel, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney, won a Betty Trask Award; it was also shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Polari First Book Prize, and longlisted for the Portico Prize. In 2021, it was selected for the Kingston University Big Read. His second novel, Here Again Now (2022) was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Encore Award and longlisted for the Polari Prize, the Jhalak Prize and the Diverse Book Awards. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Lancaster University.

Tickets: £3

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Location

Hexham Library

Date

02 Oct 2024

Time

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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