Writing Women, Climate and Utopias with Roisin Dunnett
Books on the Rise, 80 Hill Rise, TW10 6UB
Culture
14 May 2026
Thursday 14 May
An evening conversation with Roisin Dunnett, in the wake of her debut novel 'A Line You Have Traced'.
An event part of Feminist Book Fortnight 2026!
Join us at Books on the Rise, Richmond for an insightful interview and book signing with author Roisin Dunnett exploring and discussing the concepts and nuances of writing women, climate and utopia within contemporary fiction and of course, her latest novel!
About 'A Line You Have Traced'...
Set against the shifting scape of the Walthamstow Marshes and expanding over three centuries, this is the breathtaking, urgent story of three women separated by history but threaded together by unknown forces.
'We are trying to avert catastrophe. To change the future. We can fix what we have done. We can undo the mistakes our ancestors made. We've already built the machine. You are the first step...'
In a silverware shop in interwar East London, a young wife works alongside her husband. Amid growing political turmoil, Bea finds solace in the local marsh, where she is visited by a mysterious presence. She logs each appearance carefully in a scarlet journal.
In a time like now, Kay navigates friendship, queerness and the temporary job market, whilst contemplating the significance of her life in a world with such an uncertain future. At her grandmother's house she finds an intriguing record of an angel's visits.
A hundred years into the future, outsiders have banded together to live off-grid away from a corrupt government and a city wracked by oppression and climate change. When Ess is chosen for a virgin mission, a journey into the past to save the present, she is guided only by a well-thumbed red notebook...
About Roisin:
Roisin Dunnett is a writer from London. Her fiction pamphlet Animal, Vegetable was published in 2021 by Broken Sleep Books. Her short fiction has been published in Prototype, Hotel, Ambit, Vittles and elsewhere. She has an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths where she was longlisted for the Pat Kavanagh Prize in 2022. She lives in Walthamstow, a stone's throw away from the marshes that form a crucial backdrop to this book, her debut novel.
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