Lunchtime Lecture: Thrillers and Psychopaths with Isabelle Kenyon

We return with our Lunchtime Lectures this September, and have the wonderful Isabelle Kenyon coming to talk on Friday 20th September about the UK’s fascination with thrillers and the literary psychopath. Not only is Isabelle a fan herself, and a publisher of several titles of this genre including The Sleepless by Liam Bell, but also an author of a thriller novel, The Dark Within Them. 

For many, books are used as a form of escapism. Why then, are we drawn to the darker sides of reality? What is it as a reader makes us want to explore the terror and misery that can come from the actions of those we deem ‘psychopaths’? Isabelle will talk us through where the genre began, what lead to the growth in the market, and what makes a really good scary novel.

The talk will begin at 1pm and last for 1 hour. Tickets are £3, and are available to buy here.

As always we have a handful of free tickets for those who would like them. Please email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com to claim these.