*The price of the ticket is redeemable off the price of a copy of After Care on the night

Join us for the launch of After Care with Divya Maniar

After Care is a disconcertingly recognisable portrait of reckless consumerism, spectatorship and the attention economy.

Grace is no longer famous. She sits alone in her New York apartment, endlessly watching reruns of herself on the reality TV show Speed Daters. Then, one evening, a man breaks in through her window.

A rare, still-obsessed fan or raging incel - Grace is unsure. Before she can find out, he disappears. That same night, the world is rocked by the news that Anoushka, Grace's onscreen rival, has taken her own life.

Suddenly thrust back into the public eye, Grace is thrilled to be relevant again. Driven by a familiar desperation for love and attention, she clings to the dregs of her old life: her followers; her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Cal; and her unstable influencer income. But fame is fickle, and Grace's image is fragile.

About the author

Divya Maniar is a writer and dancer from Singapore. She studied Comparative Literature and Philosophy at Brown, and holds an M.Phil in English Literature from Cambridge. Her writing has appeared in Joyland, The Rumpus and elsewhere. After Care is her debut novel.

Date: Wednesday, 14th October

Time: Doors @6:30pm & 7pm to start

Location: Round Table Books 10-11 Granville Arcade Coldharbour Lane London SW9 8PR