Newbury Weekly News

Fizz and fiction at Hungerford

Former St Bart’s student Becky Hunter, now best-selling author, chats with Georgina Moore After leaving St Bart’s and studying social sciences at Cambridge University, Becky lived and worked in London publishing for several years before taking a career b

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FORMER St Bart’s pupil and fiction writer Becky Hunter is at Hungerford Bookshop in conversati­on with Sunday Times bestsellin­g author Georgina Moore on Wednesday, April 24, at 6.30pm.

The two publishers-turnedauth­ors will chat about writing, relationsh­ips and family dramas.

Growing up in Newbury, Becky Hunter has loved books and reading since before she can remember. After leaving St Bart’s and studying social sciences at Cambridge University, Becky lived and worked in London publishing for several years before taking a career break and moving to Mozambique to volunteer with horses.

It was here that she decided to give writing a proper go, though it was still a few years, a few more destinatio­ns, and a couple more jobs before she had the idea that would become One Moment, her bestsellin­g debut novel.

Now Becky’s second novel, Meet

Me When My Heart Stops has just been published and is perfect for fans of The Time Traveller’s Wife.

Georgina Moore has been looking after some of publishing’s high-profile authors for years before turning to writing herself.

Her book The Garnett Girls was picked by Stylist as a Big Fiction Debut for 2023 and it was also

included in the Ten Best New Novelists for 2023 in the Observer.

Set on the Isle of Wight this is a powerful, big-hearted debut of love, sisterhood and what it means to be home. Bryony Gordon, (who the bookshop hosted last month) calls the book ‘a 21st-century Cazalet Chronicles’.

Tickets are £8 and include a glass of fizz to enjoy whilst browsing books before the talks starts at 6:30pm.

Tickets are available from hungerford­bookshop.co.uk or by calling (01488) 683480.

Meet Me When My Heart Stops by Becky Hunter is published by Atlantic

The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore is published in paperback by Harper Collins on April 11

For more informatio­n, contact Janine Giovanni at events@hungerford­bookshop.co.uk

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