Jennifer Johnston

Jennifer Johnston is an Irish novelist, winner of the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1977. The Old Jest, a novel about the Irish War of Independence was later made into a film called The Dawning, starring Anthony Hopkins.

Making a rare public appearance at the York Festival of Ideas, Jennifer will give a reading from her new book, Shadowstory, and reflect on her long career as a Whitbread winning and Booker-nominated author.

Admission: by free ticket only, available from yorkfestivalofideas.com/tickets