‘Never: A Word’ by Andy Christopher Miller
15 June 2021 at 2:30pm online at Sturminster Newton Literary Festival
In 1927, on a beautiful stretch of Dorset coast, a mother of three walks into the sea and drowns. Fifty-five years later, Sue Roberts hears about the manner of her grandmother’s death for the very first time. How and why have her parents kept this shocking secret from her? What has blunted her own curiosity so effectively and for so long? Will Sue’s own life and family break apart as she seeks the truth?
These incidents and questions derive from a real event in Andy Miller Christopher MiIler’s life and form the starting point for his novel, ‘Never: A Word’. Andy was born in Weymouth in 1946 and attended the grammar school there. He has served as an honorary professor at the Universities of both Nottingham and Warwick and has published widely as an academic and practicing psychologist, in magazines such as Dorset Life and Climber and in national poetry journals. He is a former winner of the Yeovil Poetry Prize.
In this session, Andy will talk about how he has fused real events, psychological insights and a poetic style into a work of fiction. He will illustrate this with readings from the novel. Book your free place at the talk here.
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