Blackwell’s Manchester are so excited to celebrate Amy Twigg’s fantastic second novel, Milk, Bread, Teeth, about an invisible illness and an insatiable appetite. Amy will be in conversation with Lara Williams, author of Supper Club.

Doors: 6.15pm

Starts: 6.45pm

General admission is £5 or included within the cost of a Book & Ticket.

About the book:

No one is worried about Lena. But they should be.

Stuck inside her luxury apartment, she’s been gorging herself day and night, possessed by a relentlessly growing appetite. Milk, bread. Expired sushi. Cat food.

Her doctor doesn’t believe her, tells her to avoid carbohydrates and get her eight hours. She’s perfectly ordinary.

Enter Joan, a glamorous actress with everything Lena has been hungering for: privilege, beauty, a glittering future. When Joan moves in upstairs, Lena is determined for them to be the best of friends.

But as her hunger develops in horrifying ways, Lena’s life soon begins to unravel, and she must resort to extremes to ensure she never goes hungry again.

About the author:

Amy Twigg was born in Kent, and is currently based in Surrey. Her novel Spoilt Creatures won the BPA Pitch Prize and was longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition. In 2024, she was selected as one of the Observer’s Best New Novelists.