Weather With You (Event)

Three writers reflect on the atmospheric pressure of the year they’ve just had in Weather With You: a discussion which takes stock of our unique moment in time and expresses hope for the future. This event compliments a series of written commissions and podcasts created by each speaker which interrogate what it means to be a writer today, and how reading and writing has got them through a turbulent period.

Derek Owusu is a writer, poet and podcaster whose debut novel, That Reminds Me, won the Desmond Elliott Prize 2020. Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in Raj-era India.

This event is part of the City of Literature programme, in partnership with National Centre for Writing.

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Abir Mukherjee
Abir Mukherjee is the Times bestselling author of the Sam Wyndham series of crime novels set in Raj era India. His debut, A Rising Man, won the CWA Endeavour Dagger for best historical crime novel of 2017 and was shortlisted for the MWA Edgar for best novel. His second novel, A Necessary Evil, won the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing and was a Zoe Ball Book Club pick. His third novel, Smoke and Ashes, was chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 Best Crime & Thriller Novels since 1945. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in London with his wife and two sons.

Derek Owusu
Derek Owusu is a writer, poet and podcaster from north London. He discovered his passion for literature at the age of twenty-three while studying exercise science at university. Unable to afford a change of degree, Derek began reading voraciously and sneaking into English Literature lectures at the University of Manchester. Derek edited and contributed to Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space. That Reminds Me, his first solo work, won the Desmond Elliott Prize 2020.