Come along on Wednesday 25 November from 7pm to the Tobacco Factory to discuss 'May We Feed the King' by Rebecca Perry

Come along on Wednesday 25 November from 7pm to the Tobacco Factory, to discuss ‘May We Feed the King’ by Rebecca Perry

✨ Event Details ✨

📅 Date: Wednesday 25 November

⏰ Time: 7:00–9:00pm

📍 Location: Tobacco Factory (in the loft), Raleigh Road, Bristol, BS3 1TF

🎟️ Refunds & Tickets:

While we’re unable to offer refunds, if you can’t make it, your ticket can be transferred to a future event.

About this month's book:

A startlingly original, intricate adventure in history, imagination and the human psyche, May We Feed the King finds the curator of a royal medieval palace drawn deeper and deeper into the life of its one-time occupants – a reluctant ruler and his courtiers scheming to replace him.

She is a curator, who spends her time dressing the rooms of historic buildings to bring them to life. But in the lush private quarters of a medieval palace, she finds herself so transfixed by the reign of an almost-forgotten King that the edges of her life begin to blur.

He is a reluctant ruler with no hunger for power, rushed to the throne after the untimely deaths of his older brothers. But it isn't long before whispers begin to fly around the court. And with the growing belief that the King is not fit for the throne comes the idea that another might rule in his stead.

May We Feed the King dances between the lives of a historical subject who risks the future of his kingdom and a woman who turns to the past to hide from her present. Laced with desire and longing, it is a playful, stirring meditation on history and storytelling: on what makes a King 'Great', and a life meaningful.

About the author, Rebecca Perry

Perry is the author of two full-length poetry collections – Beauty/Beauty and Stone Fruit – as well as four pamphlets. Her poetry has been shortlisted for awards including the TS Eliot Prize and her first collection won the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize. Her first work of creative non-fiction – On Trampolining – was published in 2023.

May We Feed the King won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2026 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026 (https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2026).

Perry is from London, where she also lives.

Ticket prices:

Tickets for this event range from £6-20. If you cannot afford them then just drop us an email at: londonfeministbookclubcic@gmail.com and we'll see what we can do.

Refund policy:

We are over the moon that our events are becoming so popular, so because of that we have made are operating a no refund policy. We are more than happy for you to use your ticket for a future book club, or to give your ticket to a fellow book club member, but as of 2024 - we will no longer giving refunds. Apologies in advance!

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