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Join us for an evening of literature and discussion with Fran Fabriczki, one of the rising voices of contemporary fiction, whose debut Porcupines has earned international acclaim and widespread praise from critics and readers alike.
Porcupines moves between Soviet-era Budapest, Cold War Washington DC, and the sun-drenched suburbs of early-2000s Los Angeles, telling the story of Sonia, a Hungarian immigrant raising her daughter Mila alone, dodging questions about her past and baking birthday cakes laced with rum. When Mila decides to uncover the truth about her mother’s history, a road trip from LA to San Francisco sets their carefully constructed lives on a collision course.
Fabriczki’s debut has earned widespread acclaim, including a Kirkus starred review calling it "Deliciously vivid...spiky and vulnerable", Vogue US hailing it as heralding "the arrival of an ambitious writer...a funny, amusing, clever story of migration", and The Bookseller naming Fabriczki one of "this year's most interesting female debutantes". Writers including Adriana Trigiani, Ore Agbaje-Williams, and Daniel Tammet have lined up to praise it.
About Fran Fabriczki
Fran Fabriczki was born in Budapest. She has lived in Los Angeles and currently lives in London. She read English at the University of Cambridge and worked in publishing for several years before going freelance to focus on her own writing. She graduated from the University of East Anglia’s Creative Writing MA in 2022 and received the Curtis Brown Award for her dissertation. Porcupines is her debut novel.
Join us for an evening in conversation with one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary fiction. Registration is open via Eventbrite.