Courttia Newland
Wednesday 16 March, 7:00pm
This event is hosted by the University of East Anglia and is part of the UEA Live: Spring 2022 Programme. Jarrold is proud to be the official bookseller for UEA Live.
Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize, A River Called Time, explores timely themes of social inequality and the consequent eruption of violence and riots, and of media and governments deliberately obfuscating the truth. Courttia will be in conversation with radio producer Amy Nomvula.
Courttia Newland
Courttia Newland is the author of eight books including his much-lauded debut, The Scholar. As a screenwriter, he has written episodes of Steve McQueen’s 2020 BBC series Small Axe, of which Lovers Rock was jury selected for Cannes. His most recent novel, A River Called Time, is a monumental speculative fiction story of love, loyalty, politics and conscience set in parallel Londons.