Ali Smith | Glyph
Wed 18 Mar 2026 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us for an evening with best-selling author and Festival patron Ali Smith, where she’ll be discussing her new book, Glyph, the second novel of the interconnected pair that began with Gliff. Glyph will tell a story which is hidden in Gliff so the two books will belong together but can also be read independently.
In a chiaroscuro dance through our increasingly antagonistic era, Glyph asks if we’re attending to the history that’s made us and to the history we’re making. A funny, warm and clear-eyed take on where we are now, Glyph is about what our imaginations are for and how, in a broken, brutal and divided time, we rekindle care, solidarity, resistance and openness.
This anti-war novel, Ali Smith’s most soulful, playful and vital yet, is a work of lightness that goes deep to counter the forces currently flattening the modern world.
TICKET OFFER: Get a 25% discount if you buy a ticket to this event and a ticket to the event with Jill Dawson, which is on the same evening of 18 March. Both tickets must be purchased at the same rate i.e. 2 x Full Price tickets or 2 x Concession tickets.
Venue: University Arms
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962. She is the author of several novels and short story collections including, The Accidental, Hotel World, How to Be Both and the Seasonal Quartet. She has been four times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, has won the Goldsmiths Prize, Orwell Prize, Costa Best Novel Award and the Women’s Prize. Ali Smith lives in Cambridge.
