Mark Blackburn - Final Approach: My Father and Other Turbulence

Mark Blackburn will be in conversation with local author Elizabeth Delo (Becoming Liz Taylor) to celebrate the launch of the illustrated hardback edition of his acclaimed memoir/travelogue, Final Approach: My Father and Other Turbulence. The book has been shortlisted for The Literary Consultancy Pen Factor Pitch Prize, a finalist in the Eyelands Book Awards and named as a Book of the Year by the Psychogeographic
Review.Reviews of the book have been highly complimentary Levenhulme Prize-winning author Lara Feigel described it as Excellent moving and engaging and really original. Theres nothing like this, Royal Society of Literature Fellow Colin Grant called it a very good idea for a book and a reviewer in Canada exclaimed But come on. The father was dealing in something other than luxury cars!.Its the trip of a lifetime. Take your seat and buckle up for take-off.