Venus Vanishing: Rebecca Birrell in Conversation with Freya Bromley

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Rebecca Birrell visits Foyles to talk about her blistering debut novel 'Venus Vanishing' with Freya Bromley. Berlin, 1928. Hannah is new to the pleasures and freedoms of the city. She is a fledgling artist, a runaway, building a new life for herself in its galleries and clubs, and, at last, loving without boundaries. But soon the party will be coming to an end. A consuming affair with her patron, Elke - the imperious wife of a powerful man - is reckless, yet life-changing, and it threatens to do more than ruin both of their reputations. Around them, people are disappearing. The shadows of something unspeakable are growing darker in the city. Hannah's art could be the thing that secures her survival - or denies her chance of escape. Rebecca Birrell is an art historian and curator. She is a Bye-Fellow at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. Her first book, This Dark Country: Women Artists, Still Life and Intimacy in the Early Twentieth Century , was shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize and awarded an Antonia Fraser Grant for a Biography in Progress by the Society of Authors. It was chosen as a Guardian/Observer Art Book of the Year. Venus, Vanishing is her first novel. Freya Bromley is a writer living in London. Her memoir The Tidal Year was published in 2023 and was shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards. She has written for titles including Conde Nast Traveller , The Guardian and National Geographic Traveller . A Real Piece of Work is her first novel. The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Tickets: £10 General Admission, £8 Foyalty Member / £20 Book and Ticket, inc. a copy of Venus Vanishing (RRP £16.99) Venue : The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road*