yeovilliteraryfestival

YEOVIL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2021
WESTLANDS BALLROOM

Lionel Shriver's novels include the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian and the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and many other publications.

Lionel will be discussing her latest bestseller, Should We Stay or Should We Go. By turns hilarious and touching, playful and grave, it portrays twelve parallel universes, each exploring a possible future for the main characters Kay and Cyril, from a purgatorial Cuckoo’s-Nest-style retirement home to the discovery of a cure for ageing, from cryogenic preservation to the unexpected pleasures of dementia.

Weaving in a host of contemporary issues – Brexit, mass migration, the coronavirus – Lionel has pulled off a rollicking page-turner in which we never have to mourn deceased characters, because they’ll be alive and kicking in the very next chapter.



Tickets: £8
Members: £6

A £1.50 ticket levy is included in all stated ticket prices.