Abi Daré
The Girl With the Louding Voice

In partnership with Appetite Book Club

New York Times bestselling author, Abi Daré, joins us for this very special event in partnership with Appetite Book Club. Daré’s exuberant, moving debut revolves around Adunni; a Nigerian girl regarded as property at the age of fourteen, yet determined to find her ‘louding voice’ and live a life that she controls.

Hybrid event – you can either attend in person, or participate online via Zoom

Delicious coffee, tea, cake and snacks will be available from the Mercury Café for those attending in person.

Mercury Studio, Balkerne Gate, Colchester, CO1 1PT

Tickets

In person:

£14.99 includes paperback copy of The Girl With the Louding Voice. Book via Appetite Book Club redlionbooks.co.uk

If you require The Girl With the Louding Voice to be posted (for an additional fee) please contact Red Lion Books. If you don’t require a copy of the book, you will be given a £6.99 voucher instead. Somebody, Maybe will be available to purchase at the event. Email us@redlionbooks.co.uk.

Online:

Free or donate what you can, booking essential.
Box Office for online event: eventbrite.com

Please note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Onyi Nwabineli will no longer be taking part in this event.

About the book – The Girl With the Louding Voice

Dare’s exuberant, moving debut revolves around Adunni; a Nigerian girl regarded as property at the age of fourteen, yet determined to find her ‘louding voice’ and live a life that she controls.

Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Debut Book of the Year 2021
Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2020

All you have are your words. Meet Adunni, a teenage girl born into a rural Nigerian village. Aged fourteen, she is a commodity, a wife, a servant. She is also smart, funny, curious, with a spirit and joy infectious to those around her.

And despite her situation going from bad to worse, she has a plan to escape: she will find her ‘louding voice’ and get her education, so that she can speak up for herself – and all the girls who came before her.

As she turns enemies into friends and superiors into aides, Adunni will take you with her on a heart-breaking but inspiring journey from a small village to the wealthy enclaves of Lagos, and show you that no matter the situation, there is always some joy to be found.

‘A stunning novel – original, beautiful and powerful. I was utterly captivated by Adunni and her mesmerising louding voice.’ – Rosamund Lupton

‘A courageous story of a woman asserting her own voice.’ – New York Times

‘A bold new storyteller . . . Abi Dare’s fearless debut is a celebration of girls who dare to dream and those who help them unfurl their wings so that they might soar.’ – Imbolo Mbue

About the author – Abi Daré

Abi Daré grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and has lived in the UK for over 18 years. She studied law at the University of Wolverhampton and has an M.Sc. in International Project Management from Glasgow Caledonian University and an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck University of London.

The Girl With the Louding Voice won The Bath Novel Award in 2018, was selected as a finalist in The Literary Consultancy Pen Factor competition in 2018, was a New York Times bestseller, shortlisted for the British Book Awards Debut Book of the Year 2021, shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2020, a #ReadWithJenna Today Show book club pick and an Indie Next Pick.

Abi lives in Essex with her husband and two children, who inspired her to write her debut novel.

Photo of Abi Daré © AMP