A.K. Blakemore | Doom Painting
Sat 21 Nov 2026 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
England, 1381, and the 16 days of the Peasants’ Revolt. The time when – for one bloody summer – ordinary people of England seized control under the charismatic leader Wat Tyler. Prizewinning A. K. Blakemore, author of the bestselling The Manningtree Witches, introduces her dazzling new novel Doom Painting, which recounts how revolt grew and swelled across England. Join A. K. Blakemore as she shares this definitive moment in British history and how Wat Tyler shaped an identity for the English that has never been lost.
In conversation with Emily Lawford.
Venue: TTP Stage (Cambridge Union)
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
A.K.Blakemore‘s The Manningtree Witches (Granta, 2021) won the Desmond Elliott Prize, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, and was a Waterstones Book of the Month. Her second novel The Glutton (Granta, 2023) was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. She is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, Humbert Summer and Fondue, which was awarded the 2019 Ledbury Forte Prize for Best Second Collection, and has also translated the work of Sichuanese poet Yu Yoyo. Her poetry and prose has appeared in the London Review of Books, Poetry, the Poetry Review and the White Review, among other publications.
Chair Biography
Emily Lawford is the online editor at the New Statesman. She is an identical twin and is half American, which means she has four passports.
