Join us for an evening with Andrew Michael Hurley, the acclaimed author of Starve Acre, to celebrate the paperback release Saltwash.

Join us for an evening with Andrew Michael Hurley, the acclaimed author of Starve Acre, to celebrate the paperback release of his chilling new novel, Saltwash.

It's time to atone.

Tom Shift and Oliver Keele are pen-pals. They were introduced through their respective cancer clinics. From reading Oliver's letters, Tom has deduced that Oliver is lonely and somewhat nomadic. He appears to live hand to mouth at a series of cheap B&Bs.

When Oliver suggests they meet up, Tom agrees. Neither of them have long left. And, while Saltwash seems an unlikely kind of place for a holiday, he goes with it. The Castle Hotel is one of the few places still open in an off-season seaside town that has definitely seen better days but it's surprisingly busy. It becomes clear that the guests are all there for some kind of reunion, and that they know Oliver.

Little by little it becomes clear that all the guests have dark and troubled histories. They are drawn to the hotel not just for the company and nostalgia but for the opportunity to win the lottery. Which for them, is the chance to have the memoires of their wrongs to be eradicated. Before they die, they all want redemption. But if we can't remember what we've done, do we become someone else? And why does Oliver want Tom at Saltwash?

Andrew will talk about his new book before an audience Q&A and book signing.

Andrew Michael Hurley lives in Lancashire with his family.

His first novel, The Loney, was originally published by Tartarus Press as a 300-copy limited edition, before being republished by John Murray. It went on to sell in twenty languages, win the Costa Best First Novel Award and the Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Devil's Day, his second novel, was picked as a Book of the Year in five newspapers and won the Encore Award. TV rights in The Loney have just been sold to New Regency with Jonathan van Tulleken (Shogun) on board to direct. Andrew Michael Hurley’s fourth book, Barrowbeck, was released to critical acclaim in October 2024.

In 2024 the film of Starve Acre starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo was released and was chosen to represent Britain at the London Film Festival in 2023.

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