Marina Lewycka

Marina Lewycka läser ur Two Caravans.

Tickets: £8 (£5 under 18s). "Marina Lewycka, author of the international bestseller A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, will read from and discuss her latest novel, Two Caravans. Tender and hilarious, this is a story about a crew of migrant workers from three continents who are forced to flee their English strawberry field in pursuit of their various dreams of a better future." (christiguc)… (mer)

Marina Lewycka, Two Caravans.; Daljit Nagra, Look We Have Coming to Dover!.

Tickets £10. "In her unique blend of brio and perceptive wit, Marina Lewycka follows her best-selling, award-winning A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian with a novel that charts the fortunes of an assortment of immigrant workers while strawberry picking in Kent. Daljit Nagra’s Look We Have Coming to Dover! is a prize-winning collection of poems about assimilation, aspiration and dislocation, rich in humour. Can literary comedy highlight social issues? Marina Lewycka, whose background is Ukrainian, was born in a refugee camp in Germany. Daljit Nagra’s parents came to the UK from the Punjab in the 50s." (christiguc)… (mer)