Lloyd Jones at Caffe L’affare, Wellington

Award-winning novelist Lloyd Jones will be in conversation with Radio New Zealand National host Lynn Freeman at the New Zealand Book Council’s next Meet the Author event in Wellington.
This is a rare opportunity to hear Lloyd Jones discuss his writing, and to celebrate the release of his novel Hand Me Down World. This will be Lloyd Jones' only public appearance in Wellington to launch Hand Me Down World, and there will be time for questions and an opportunity to get your copy personally signed following the talk.

Hand Me Down World

'A woman washes ashore in Sicily. She has come from north Africa to find her son, taken from her when he was just days old by his father and stolen away to Berlin. With nothing but her maid's uniform and a knife stashed in a plastic bag, she relies on strangers— some generous, some exploiting—to guide her passage north. These strangers tell of their encounters with a quiet, mysterious woman in a blue coat—each account a different view of the truth, a different truth. And slowly these fragments of a life piece together to create a spellbinding story of the courage of a mother and the versions of truth we create to accommodate our lives.

'Haunting and beautiful, Hand Me Down World is simply unforgettable.'

Lloyd Jones' first collection of short stories was published in 1991, and he has also written books for children. His bestselling novel Mister Pip won several illustrious prizes and awards including the 2007 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best Book Award and the 2007 Montana Medal for fiction. It was also shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize. He has written a number of novels, and has also worked as a journalist and consultant. Jones’ writing is known to subvert the norms of fiction, and his narratives are challenging, original, and in some cases controversial.

Hand Me Down World will be available for sale at this special Meet the Author event. For more information about Lloyd Jones and his work visit his Book Council Writers File.

Meet Lloyd Jones - Wellington
Event Details:
Lloyd Jones in conversation with Lynn Freeman, 6.00pm 11th November, Caffe L'affare, 27 College St, Te Aro, Wellington. Tickets are available from the Information Desk at Wellington Central Library or on the door on the night (if event is not sold out prior).
For more information please contact the Book Council: Phone: +64 4 499 1569; Fax: +64 4 499 1424, or Email: admin@bookcouncil.org.nz or visit the Book Council website.