Join us for an evening with Matt Coyne to celebrate the release of his second novel The Trouble With Sister Francis.

Join us for an evening with Matt Coyne to celebrate the release of his second novel The Trouble With Sister Francis. The evening will be chaired by the acclaimed author Mike Gayle and will consist of an author talk followed and audience Q&A followed by a signing.

About The Trouble With Sister Francis

Sister Francis is an unlikely nun.

She's sixty, sweary, drives like a lunatic and smokes like a stacked chimney . . . and she runs the Blessed Assumption Boys Club.

Richie, Bennett, Kenny and Stan are four best friends from the Whittle council estate with little to do but get up to no good. After a run-in with local bullies, they discover the crumbling, forgotten club and find themselves in the company of the most remarkable person they will ever meet.

Set against early 1980s Britain, THE TROUBLE WITH SISTER FRANCIS is a funny, heartwarming, and heartbreaking story of unlikely heroes, quiet rebellions, fierce loyalty and unexpected hope.

And at the centre of it all lies a long-forgotten journal that might just change everything.

About Matt Coyne

Matt Coyne is from Sheffield and lives in South Yorkshire with his partner Lyndsay, their son Charlie, and a Jack Russell – with ‘issues’ – called Popcorn. Matt has almost half a million followers on social media and is the author of a novel called Frank and Red, as well as two Sunday Times bestselling non-fiction books inspired by his award-winning parenting blog and social media profile: ‘Man vs Baby’. He has also written for The Guardian, Private Eye and GQ Magazine. He is currently on tour with his first stand-up show: ‘Man vs Baby – Trolls and Tribulations’. My Dad and the Toot that Travelled the World is his first children’s book. You can follow Matt on Facebook and Instagram (@manversusbaby).

About Mike Gayle

MIKE GAYLE was born and raised in Birmingham. After graduating with a degree in Sociology, he moved to London to pursue a career in journalism and worked as a features editor and agony uncle. He has written for a variety of publications including The Sunday Times, the Guardian and Cosmopolitan. Mike became a full-time novelist in 1997 following the publication of his Sunday Times top ten bestseller My Legendary Girlfriend, which was hailed by the Independent as ‘full of belly laughs and painfully acute observations’, and by The Times as ‘a funny, frank account of a hopeless romantic’. Since then he has written eighteen novels, including The Man I Think I Know, selected as a World Book Night title, and Half A World Away, selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. In 2021, Mike was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association. He lives in Birmingham with his wife, kids and greyhound. You can find him online at mikegayle.co.uk and on Twitter @mikegayle.

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