Back to All Events

Augustown: Kei Miller at Ikley Literature Festival

  • Ilkley Playhouse - Wharfeside Weston Road Ilkley, England, LS29 8DW United Kingdom (map)

Augustown, a story about inequality and aspiration, memory and myth, and the connections between people which can transcend these things but not always change them. 

Kei Miller, Forward Prize Winning poet, essayist, acclaimed short story writer and author of two previous novels, discusses his magical new book, capturing a moment in Jamaican history when the people sought to rise up above their lives and shine.

‘Poetic and totally original’ The Times.

Read more and book here