Description
Join bestselling author of Such A Fun Age, Sunday Times, and Harper’s Bazaar ‘Woman of the Year’ Kiley Reid in conversation with writer, presenter, and founder of Black to the Future festival Irenosen Okojie.
The discussion will take a close look at the many themes within Come And Get It – desire, consumption and bad behaviour, whilst also sharing Kiley’s inspirations and learnings accomplishing her sophomore novel.
There will be an opportunity to ask Kiley your own questions, purchase a copy of Come And Get It from the Round Table Books pop-up and get your books signed.
Please note: Doors open at 7.15pm and the talk starts promptly at 7.30pm.
About the Book
Millie wants to graduate, get a job and buy a house. She’s slowly saving up from her job on campus, but when a visiting professor offers her an unusual opportunity to make some extra money, she jumps at the chance.
Agatha is a writer, recovering from a break-up while researching attitudes towards weddings and money for her new book. She strikes gold when interviewing the girls in Millie’s dorm, but her plans take a turn when she realises that the best material is unfolding behind closed doors.
As the two women form an unlikely relationship, they soon become embroiled in a world of roommate theatrics, vengeful pranks and illicit intrigue – and are forced to question just how much of themselves they are willing to trade to get what they want.
Sharp, intimate and provocative, Come and Get It takes a lens to our money-obsessed society in a tension-filled story about desire, consumption and bad behaviour.
The Author
Kiley Reid is the author of Such a Fun Age, which was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Guardian, and others. Kiley Reid is currently an assistant professor at the University of Michigan.
As the two women form an unlikely relationship, they soon become embroiled in a world of roommate theatrics, vengeful pranks and illicit intrigue – and are forced to question just how much of themselves they are willing to trade to get what they want.
Sharp, intimate and provocative, Come and Get It takes a lens to our money-obsessed society in a tension-filled story about desire, consumption and bad behaviour.
The Host
Irenosen Okojie is the award-winning Nigerian British author of Butterfly Fish, and short story collections, Speak Gigantular and Nudibranch. Her journalism has been featured in multiple publications including The New York Times and The Observer. She is Vice Chair of the Royal Society of Literature and the director and founder of Black to the Future festival.