Book Launch: 30th March at Bookhaus
Come along to Bookhaus Bristol for the launch of The People’s Republic of Love.
When: 6pm, Monday 30th March
Where: Bookhaus Bristol, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ (Wapping Wharf)
Tickets cost £7 and include a glass of wine or a soft drink. Please get your ticket here.
This book has been a long time in the making and I’m delighted to be launching it at Bristol’s lively and radical indie bookstore, Bookhaus.
I’ll be joined by novelist Ali Bacon in conversation and together we will delve into the mysteries of this newly created country.
There’ll be a touch of reality TV, influencers gone rogue, tunnel engineering, jellyfish and artificial islands, cryptic tattoos, and an obsession with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, all wrapped up in a toxic look-at-me society… Join us!
The story
Tamsin is an engineer who likes to remain firmly behind the scenes. However, when her best friend gets caught up in a twisted, life-threatening reality show, she must follow Charlotte across the ocean to a place where there is no escaping the spotlight, the infamous People’s Republic of Love.
The book
The People’s Republic of Love considers where the proliferation of influencers in our society might take us. Visibility has the power to sell goods, drive movements and win elections. Being seen matters, but what happens when the self created for public display becomes more vital than the life underneath? Will unshared experiences become ghostly, as though they never happened?
This is a novel about intimacy in an age of performance, about friendship as rescue, and about asking: who are you when nobody is watching?
The People’s Republic of Love balances beautifully in that strange space between the online world and the real world, caught between desire and emptiness, offering glamorous highs and horrifying lows. A smart, scary and ingenious read – Aliya Whiteley
SRL Publishing is the world’s first climate-positive independent publisher.
Please join us – buy your ticket here.
