Thursday 7 October

Jonathan Coe & David Nicholls

Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HG    

7.15 – 8.30pm    

Sponsored by Pinsent Masons 

Jonathan Coe was born in Birmingham. His novels includeThe Rotters’ Club, The Accidental Woman, and What a Carve Up!, which won the 1995 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, and The Rain Before it Falls. The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim is his latest book.    

David Nicholls writes novels and for television. His adaptation credits include Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Much Ado About Nothing for the BBC and Cold Feet for ITV. His debut novel Starter For Ten is now a film starring James McAvoy. The film of his third novel, One Day, is due to be released in 2011.