With Brandon Taylor In conversation with Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin

We’re so excited to host Brandon Taylor in the bookshop for a discussion of his most recent novel, Minor Black Figures . Taylor is a celebrated author, known for his debut, Booker Prize nominated novel Real Life , and his 2022 short fiction collection Filthy Animals .

Join us in person or online for one of this century’s most accomplished authors, for a book that’s been drumming up buzz since its release in March. Doors will open at 6:45pm for a 7pm start time. Brandon will be signing books after the talk.

Over a hot summer in New York a painter falls for a priest, in this captivating modern love story from the Booker-Prize shortlisted Brandon Taylor

Wyeth is a newcomer to New York, a young Black painter who is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. He shares a studio with his friends and earns money working for a gallery and an art restorer but he’s struggling with his portrait painting, unable to truly capture the life of his subjects.