Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
Creative writing tutor Dr Midge Gillies will be in conversation with Camilla Balshaw about her debut book, Named: A Story of Names and Reclaiming Who We Are in this free Zoom event on Thursday 17 July, 7-8pm, GMT.
Camilla, who studied on ICE’s Diploma in Creative Writing: Advanced Non-Fiction, will be talking about her memoir. Named is a fascinating exploration of names, global naming conventions and identity politics woven into a moving, personal narrative about the finding of family and self.
Camilla's estrangement from her Nigerian father, her relationship with her Jamaican mother and her journey towards identity is woven through the chapters in an engaging and intimate investigation of what makes us who we are.
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