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2 February 2027
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
All ages welcome
£16.99
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Prologue
A Faustian tale with a Gen-Z edge, Death’s a Bitch is a genre-defying story of family, sickness, siblinghood and first love.
In conversation with book-fluencer Curly Carly, Eloise will be exploring the behind-the-scenes of her thrilling new release, and delving into exclusive details about the process of writing her stunning debut.
Afterwards, Eloise will be taking questions from the audience, before signing and dedicating your books.
Every book + ticket comes with a copy of Death’s a Bitch that Eloise will sign and dedicate on the day.
About Death’s a Bitch '[I was] absolutely unprepared for how deeply this book would get under my skin . . . sharp, strange, funny, devastating, and so full of heart’
’Stunningly hilarious and heartbreaking all in one’
It’s a totally unassuming Tuesday when Aggie’s little sister Marcie – her favourite person, her especially made best friend – is admitted to hospital, prepared for a long stay with a bag of her softest things. It is a day Aggie has dreaded and longed for. Like crows need wings, like planets have moons, when it comes to Marcie, there’s nothing she wouldn’t do.
So when Death – red-lipped, feline-eyed and chignoned-to-perfection – appears in her bedroom ready to strike a deal, Aggie doesn’t have much of a choice.
Seduce the grim reaper’s son, then break his heart.
Aggie hasn’t so much as kissed a boy, but when Aeron turns out to be endearingly self-conscious, surely the fact that he is someone who Aggie might actually want to kiss will only make it easier? What could go wrong?
A debut novel from a blazing new talent. Death’s a Bitch is a Faustian tale with a Gen-Z edge.
About Eloise Rodger Eloise Rodger is a twenty-two-year-old writer, living in London. She began writing Death’s a Bitch when she was sixteen, and finished it in her final year at Trinity College Dublin, where she was a scholar of English Literature. This is her first novel.
About Curly Carly Carly Spencer is the founder of All About Books, a Stockport based book club, and host specialising in book launches and popular culture.
With over 9 years of experience in the events and pop-culture space, Carly has applied her professional chatterbox skills to live productions and literature events.
As a proud owner of Eloise Rodger’s debut novel, she is thrilled to be presenting our event for Death’s a Bitch. When not on stage, Carly can be found cafe hopping around Greater Manchester with her nose in a book, or at her desk producing writing of her own.
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