Patrick DeWitt in conversation at Waterstones Piccadilly

Join us for a special evening with bestselling author Patrick deWitt in conversation with Octavia Bright as we celebrate Dodge City. Patrick's thrilling novel about a young man on an amphetamine fueled cross-country road trip fleeing the draft for the safe haven of Canada.

A sweeping portrait of a country in flux and a family in disarray, Dodge City is a beautiful and raucous exploration of family, belonging, love and war. Deeply moving and delightfully off-kilter.

Patrick deWitt is the author of The Librarianist and French Exit (both national bestsellers); The Sisters Brothers (a New York Times bestseller short-listed for the Booker Prize); and the critically acclaimed Undermajordomo Minor and Ablutions. Born in British Columbia, Canada, he now resides in Portland, Oregon.

Octavia Bright is a writer and broadcaster. She co-hosts Literary Friction, the literary podcast and NTS Radio show, with Carrie Plitt. Her writing has been published in a number of magazines including the White Review, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, Wasafiri, Somesuch Stories, and The Sunday Times, amongst others. Her first book This Ragged Grace is published by Canongate.