{"product_id":"book-launch-maybe-the-world-will-end-so-we-won-t-have-to-by-natasha-bell","title":"Book Launch: Maybe the World Will End So We Won’t Have To by Natasha Bell","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eTuesday 22 September\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e6:30-9pm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eJoin author Natasha Bell for an evening of conversation and celebration of the launch of her brand-new metafictional tour de force\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eMaybe the World Will End So We Won’t Have To\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAuthor Harry is divorced, depressed, out of contract and unsure what she wants to do with the rest of her life. She invents a character Natalie – a braver, bolder version of herself – whom she begins channelling in small ways in her own life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA metafictional tour de force, \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eMaybe the World Will End So We Won’t Have To\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a finely crafted literary autofiction about identity, sexuality and the work that goes into writing a novel. Brilliantly queer and feminist, and by turns funny and dark, it leaves us questioning the practice and ethics of being a writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fall into the metafictional abyss has never been so funny, or so absurdly inventive’ — Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eAbout Natasha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNatasha Bell is an author and researcher. Her novels \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eThis Nowhere Place\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (2021) and \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eHis Perfect Wife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (2018) are published by Penguin. She lived and studied in York and Chicago in her twenties, then moved to London for her thirties, where she completed an MA and a PhD in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths. She teaches novel-writing for Faber Academy, City Lit and Jericho Writers, and lives in Southwark with her wife and son.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burley Fisher Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64515850928505,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/3385\/2310\/files\/MaybetheWorldWillEndSoWeWon_tHaveTo-quotes2.jpg?v=1788953824","url":"https:\/\/burleyfisherbooks.com\/products\/book-launch-maybe-the-world-will-end-so-we-won-t-have-to-by-natasha-bell","provider":"Burley Fisher Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}