APRIL AUTHOR EVENTS IN HARBORNE

With the Harborne high street now home to Waterstones, we have a number of fantastic author events each month, welcoming talent from the West Midlands and beyond to Harborne!

This April, Waterstones is hosting two author events!

On Tuesday 16th April at 6pm, Tracy King will be discussing Learning to Think. 

A writer based in Birmingham and London, Tracy King started her career in marketing and PR before moving into the realm of freelance work and building a following with her critical writing and commentary on science, technology, politics, medicine, film and video games. 

The success of this writing has led to features in New Statesman, Guardian, Stylist, the Telegraph, and The New European.

With Learning to Think, Tracy King shined a light on her own life. The memoir revisits the author’s experience growing up in Birmingham in the 80s and covers topics from religious superstition to an exorcism to the power of a scientific view of the world.

See Tracy King discuss her powerful new book in Harborne on Tuesday 16th April and reserve your FREE ticket here: https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-tracy-king/harborne

The second event of the month will be taking place on Thursday 25th April at 6pm, when the book shop will be joined by Anna Metcalfe.

Anna Metcalfe currently teaches at University of Birmingham, lecturing in Contemporary Writing. Named as one of Granta Magazine’s Best of Young British Novelists 2023, her first collection of short stories, Blind Water Pass, was released in 2016, followed by her debut novel, Chrysalis, released in 2024.

The author will be in Harborne to discuss her debut, which takes on themes of loneliness, online selfhood and the blurred line between self-care and narcissism. 

See Anna Metcalfe discuss her powerful new book in Harborne on Thursday 26th April and reserve your FREE ticket here: https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-anna-metcalfe/harborne