Saturday 27th 6.30pm
ISY SUTTIE
Jane Is Trying
Isy Suttie is a comedian, actress and writer. She has written for the Guardian, the Observer, the New Statesman, Red and Glamour. She appears regularly on BBC Radio 4, where her show Pearl and Dave won a Gold Sony Award in 2013. Her TV credits include Dobby in Peep Show and Esther in Shameless, plus appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats, Would I Lie To You? and QI
A three-time British Comedy Award nominee, her short stories have appeared in A Love Letter To Europe and Dead Funny: Encore. Her memoir, The Actual One, was published by Orion in 2015.
Jane is Trying, her first novel, is about a woman trying for a baby with increasing desperation as her thirties sail by, trying to make a new start back at home with her overprotective parents, having left her career and cheating fiancé behind.