Blackwell’s Manchester are delighted to be working with Bluemoose Books to host the Manchester launch of Orla Owen’s CHRIST ON A BIKE – the brilliant new book from the author of PAH. Orla will be in conversation with Colette Snowden (Captain Jesus)

Doors: 6.30, starts: 6.45

Tickets are £3.00 or free when ordering a copy of the book. CHRIST ON A BIKE will also be available to purchase on the night and Orla will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange this for you.

About the book:

Cerys receives an unexpected inheritance but there are rules attached. Three simple rules that must be followed.

As she settles into her new life, she begins to feel trapped: the past is ever-present. She convinces herself that the villagers are watching her and, desperate to control her own future, she tries to break free…

‘Black Mirror meets Tales of The Unexpected with shades of Shirley Jackson.’ – Nina Pottell – Prima Magazine.

About the author:

Orla Owen’s new book, Christ On A Bike, is being published by the award winning Bluemoose Books, on 25 January 2024. She’s the author of two novels, The Lost Thumb and PAH, and in 2020 she won second place in the Sandstone Press Short fiction competition. Before she became a writer, she was an actress and drama practitioner, studying Theatre at Bretton Hall College of the Arts.