Mothers, Daughters, Fathers and Sons : Writing family relationships

Families provide endless inspiration for literature – this event will look at unconditional love, inheritance and influence in particular. Unsettling, bleak and funny, Riley’s My Phantoms explores a dysfunctional family unit. A failing relationship between mother and daughter is examined with uncompromising brilliance and sharpness. Gwendoline Riley will be in conversation with Charlie Gilmour, who, in his moving memoir, focuses on his complex relationship with his biological father.