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15 October 2025
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
All ages welcome
£9.99
lu.ma/DustinThao
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Simply Books
Dustin will be discussing his heart-wrenching companion to the bestselling You’ve Reached Sam, how he creates his characters and how stories can change us.
You’ll get the chance to ask Dustin your own questions as well as meet him in person.
Every ticket comes with a copy of You’ve Found Oliver, which Dustin will sign and dedicate on the evening.
About You’ve Found Oliver:
Dustin Thao’s heart-wrenching companion to the bestselling You’ve Reached Sam is an emotional rollercoaster. You’ve Found Oliver is a compelling love story filled with yearning, romance and a touch of magic.
I’ve missed you every day since you left. But I’m sure you already knew that. It’s time to let you go now. I’ll miss you all the time, Sam.
It’s been a year since his best friend, Sam, died. Even though Oliver knows he won’t get a response, he can’t stop texting Sam’s number, especially as the anniversary of his death approaches.
Then one day, he accidentally hits the call button, and someone picks up.
The voice on the other end isn’t Sam. Sam’s number was reassigned and a stranger has been receiving Oliver’s private and vulnerable messages for months. But Ben, a college student in Seattle, won’t remain a stranger for long. Oliver knows he should stop communicating now that he knows the truth – but he can’t get Ben out of his head.
About Dustin Thao:
Dustin Thao is a Vietnamese American writer based in New York City. He graduated from Amherst College with a B.A. in Political Science, and is currently in a PhD program at Northwestern University where he studies critical media literacy. He writes contemporary fiction, and his debut novel You’ve Reached Sam is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller.
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