Join us on Saturday 14th at 13.15pm where we will be talking to Polly Barton about her book ‘Fifty Sounds’. We will be asking Polly how she found the writing process, her inspiration for the book, and much more. Copies of ‘Fifty Sounds’ will be made available for purchase at the event.

There will be time reserved for Q&A at the end of the event. To reserve your place please book here.

About the book~

Why Japan? In FIFTY SOUNDS, winner of the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, Polly Barton attempts to exhaust her obsession with the country she moved to at the age of 21, before eventually becoming a literary translator. From min-min, the sound of air screaming, to jin-jin, the sound of being touched for the very first time, from hi'sori, the sound of harbouring masochist tendencies, to mote-mote, the sound of becoming a small-town movie star, FIFTY SOUNDS is a personal dictionary of the Japanese language, recounting her life as an outsider in Japan. Irreverent, humane, witty and wise, Fifty Sounds is an exceptional debut about the quietly revolutionary act of learning, speaking, and living in another language.