Two acclaimed writers from either side of the Atlantic discuss their careers and latest novels.

Novels, short stories, literary criticism, essays… two writers from either side of the Atlantic, both skilled in these disciplines, join us to discuss their careers and latest books.

The Three Graces, Amanda Craig’s 10th novel (‘a brilliant piece of storytelling’ Andrew O’Hagan), follows a trio of old friends whose Tuscany retirement proves far from quiet as they grapple with both past and present dangers. Martha Anne Toll’s Petrichor Prize winning debut Three Muses, (‘Exquisite’ Washington Post) is a love story, a tale of Holocaust survival and an insight into the unforgiving world of ballet.

Buy a copy of The Three Graces by Amanda Craig and Three Muses by Martha Anne Toll.

The event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.

About the Speakers:

Amanda Craig is a British novelist, short-story writer and critic. Amanda was born in South Africa, which her parents left after reporting on the Sharpeville Massacre and grew up in Italy. For fifty years, her parents lived near the Tuscan hill-town Cortona, which inspired the fictional town of Santorno, the setting both for her debut Foreign Bodies and for The Three Graces.

Martha Anne Toll‘s debut novel, Three Muses, was shortlisted for the Gotham Book Prize and won the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction. Toll, based in Washington DC, writes fiction, essays, and book reviews, and reads anything that’s not nailed down. She brings a long career as a lawyer in social justice to her work covering authors of colour and women writers as a critic and author interviewer at NPR Books, the Washington Post, Pointe Magazine, The Millions, and elsewhere. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and serves on the Board of Directors of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Her second novel, Duet for One, will be out in early 2025.

Samantha Ellis is the author of How to be a Heroine, and Take Courage, both published by Vintage.