Hanako Footman in Conversation with Isabella Silvers
Hanako Footman returns to Foyles for the paperback launch of her sensational debut, 'Mongrel', in a conversation with Isabella Silvers.
Shifting between three intertwining narratives, giving voice to three young women in Japan and the UK, Mongrel threads a web of desire, isolation and belonging written in beautiful and stylish prose.
Hanako Footman is a British-Japanese author and actor. She grew up in Wimbledon and trained at LAMDA. She now lives in Dalston, East London. As a child she spent her school holidays in Japan, at her grandmother's house by the sea. She tries to go back whenever she can. Hanako's debut novel Mongrel was shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize in 2024.
This event will be chaired by Isabella Silvers. Silvers is a multi-award-winning freelance journalist and presenter, and the founder of Mixed Messages newsletter, a platform focusing on mixed-race identity. She is a BAFTA Connect member, her writing focusing on film and TV, as well as literature, young women’s issues, race and identity.
Tickets: £10 General Admission / £13 Book and Ticket, inc. a copy of Mongrel (RRP £9.99) Venue: The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road*