Description
You’ll know her from LadsLadsLads, Live at the Apollo and The Great British Sewing Bee. Multi-award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe joins us for a special in-conversation with Kasim Ali about her debut novel, Weirdo.
Weirdo follows Sophie, an Essex gal who does her best to act like a normal, well-adjusted person while trying not to say her inner-monologue out loud and suppress her mild paranoia, pornographic visualisations and pathological lying, while confronting the guy she likes and her past regrets. Who knows, maybe she’ll get the guy, dump the boyfriend and get to enjoy Christmas…
Full of Pascoe’s trademark wit and humour, Weirdo is a little bit messy, a little bit weird and a lot-a-bit funny.
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About the Author
Sara Pascoe
Sara Pascoe is a multi-award-winning comedian and writer. On TV she has performed her solo show LadsLadsLads (BBC2) as well as hosting Live at the Apollo, appearing on various panel shows and fronting numerous shows such as the much loved The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC1), Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave) and Guessable (Comedy Central). She also wrote and starred in the autobiographical sitcom Out of Her Mind (BBC) – which was inspired by her first book, Animal. Her second book, Sex Power Money was a Sunday Times bestseller and her debut novel, Weirdo, has been released to critical acclaim.
About the Chair
Kasim Ali
Kasim Ali was born and raised in Alum Rock, Birmingham. He is the author of the debut novel Good Intentions, has written fiction for BBC Radio 4 and has a column at The Bookseller. His short fiction has been longlisted for the 4th Estate and Guardian 4thWrite Short Story Prize, and Good Intentions was shortlisted for the Mo Siewcharran Prize. Who Will Remain is his second novel. He works as an editor in publishing and now lives in London.
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