Kathryn Tann will be launching her debut book Seaglass on 9th May and this in-person event is your opportunity to hear about Kathryn's process and pick up your own signed copy. Kathryn will be in conversation with Naomi Booth, award-winning author of The Lost Art of Sinking.
Come along for an evening of literary conversation, light refreshments and support a local writer and independent bookshop.
These tickets are purchased via voluntary donation - all proceeds go towards supporting the bookshop and covering the costs of refreshments on the night. Suggested donation £3. Please still book a ticket for free if this is suitable for your situation at this time. These are standing spaces as there are limited seats, please email karen@thebluehousebookshop.co.uk you need a seat and this will be arranged.
All details of Sea Glass below.
Featuring the essay ‘Return to Water’, joint winner of the 18-25 category of the New Welsh Awards.
'These essays investigate the permeable boundaries between humans and their environment: skin, shore, water-surface. Seaglass is an invitation to live more fully, think deeply. A true gem.’ Helen Mort
Seaglass:
Essays, Moments and Reflections
By Kathryn Tann
On a windswept stretch of the Durham coastline, there’s treasure to be found: jewels of shining sea glass, swept in by the tide after years at sea. Gathered together and displayed in a jar on the windowsill to sparkle in the light, each seaworn glass pebble represents a moment in time, a breadcrumb trail of unknowable people and places.
In her debut collection Seaglass, Kathryn Tann brings together moments such as these from her own life, blending creative non-fiction with nature writing and memoir, and portraying with powerful observation and moving honesty the journey of a young woman navigating modern adulthood.
From locked-down Britain to journeys through Northern England, the Welsh coastline and out to the Thousand Islands in Canada’s Saint Lawrence River, she writes of the shifting landscapes, of the exhilaration of the elements the joy of wild swimming and more.
Traversing wilderness, natural history, travel and water – rivers, lakes, coastlines and leisure centres – Seaglass is a sparkling reflection on shared experiences, anxieties, body confidence and contentment, food and family, and a growing connection to the natural world.
Calon, 9 May £16.99 hardback, ISBN 978-1915279620
