Held in association with English PEN, Damian Barr, award-winning author of Maggie & Me, will be joining us to discuss his stunning and shocking debut novel, You Will Be Safe Here, with the internationally acclaimed writer, Margie Orford.

Margie Orford will be chairing this event. Margie is the author of the Clare Hart novels – a literary crime fiction series that explores violence and its effects in South Africa – as well as an award-winning journalist. She writes regularly on crime, gender violence, politics and freedom of expression. A member of the executive board of PEN International, Margie is also the former president of PEN South Africa.

English PEN is the founding centre of a global literary network. It works to defend and promote freedom of expression, and to remove barriers to literature.