Best-selling crime fiction writer and poet Sophie Hannah will be the guest at this year’s Author’s Breakfast, organised by the Isle of Man Fund for the Blind.
The annual event, held since 1994, raises money for Manx Blind Welfare Society, which works with blind and visually impaired people in the Isle of Man. This year’s Author’s Breakfast will take place at the Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club at 9.30am on November 24th.
Tickets, priced ?23, are available now.
Sophie is best-known for psychological thrillers including Little Face, Hurting Distance, A Room Swept White, Lasting Damage, Kind of Cruel and The Carrier, and two of her novels, The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives, were adapted for ITV1 television’s Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd.
The critically-acclaimed author, whose work has been translated into more than 20 languages, won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Novel of the Year 2013 with The Carrier. Her books have been listed for many other industry awards, including the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2007 and 2008, the IMPAC Award, the Independent Booksellers' Book of the Year Award and a Barry Award.
She also wrote The Monogram Murders, published last month. This was the first Hercule Poirot novel since Agatha Christie’s death, and was approved by the legendary author’s estate.
Sophie has also published five collections of poetry, and her poems are studied at GCSE, A-level and degree level across the UK.
She said: ‘I’m really looking forward to visiting the Isle of Man and very pleased to be able to address the Author’s Breakfast. It is always a pleasure to talk about my work, and particularly at an event supporting work with the blind and visually impaired.’
Manx Blind Welfare Society Volunteers Coordinator & Events Organiser Debbie Thomson added: ‘We are absolutely delighted an author as respected and popular as Sophie will be speaking at the Author’s Breakfast. This is always one of the highlights of the year, and the audience is in for a real treat when Sophie talks about her career, her novels and one of her latest books, The Telling Error.
‘Last year’s Author’s Breakfast, with Ann Cleves, was a sell out and we expect this year’s to be just as popular.’
She concluded: ‘I’d like to thank the Isle of Man Fund for the Blind for organising this event, which will help raise important funds to allow the Society to continue providing services and support to blind and visually impaired people in the Island. The Fund works tirelessly on a huge range of fundraising events and its support is invaluable.’
Tickets for the Author’s Breakfast are available from Corrin Court in Onchan or by calling 674727.
To find out more about the work of Manx Blind Welfare Society visit www.facebook.com/manxblindwelfaresociety.
Photo - Sophie Hannah - courtesy of Philippa Gedge.
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