- Sunday 27th April, 5:30-6:30pm
- Paisley Town Hall
- Tickets – Pay What You Can, £3/£5/£8/£10
For the final event in our Life’s Fundamentals strand, we look at the theme of Home and Belonging with two writers who know a thing or two about finding your place.
Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin is an Irish writer living and working in Edinburgh, whose debut novel, Ordinary Saints, has already been shortlisted for the Women’s Prize Discoveries Award. It follows the story of a young woman who, on discovering her deceased brother is about to be made a saint, is forced to confront the skeletons of her devoutly Catholic upbringing. Glasgow-based doctor turned writer Selali Fiamanya’s powerful debut novel, Before We Hit the Ground, is an astounding testimony to the idea that finding yourself is intrinsically linked to where you are. It is told through the eyes of a young man struggling to reconcile his identity whilst navigating his mixed cultural heritage between Glasgow and Accra in Ghana.
