Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Kiran Millwood Hargrave 

In conversation with Holly Ainley

Kiran Millwood Hargrave is an awardwinning poet, playwright, and novelist. The Mercies was her first novel for adults and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller, named amongst the NYT 100 Most Notable Books of 2020. Her bestselling works for children, including The Girl of Ink & Stars, have won or been short- and long-listed for numerous awards including the Blue Peter Best Story Award and, twice, the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Kiran lives in Oxford with her husband, the artist Tom de Freston, and their rescue cats, Luna and Marly. 

Kiran will be discussing her work, including her latest book Almost Life, a captivating and immersive ode to both love’s possibilities and its pain.