For this experimental book launch event to celebrate the publication of The Unexpected, I was delighted to collaborate with my Perrier Award-winning comedian and songwriter friend, Will Adamsdale. We experimented with a book-comedy-music mashup event, pairing short readings from the new novel with comedy songs, linked by the seemingly random themes of fish, trees, the sieve (as a metaphor for domestic intimacy and struggle) and Joni Mitchell, and involving duos, jazz flute, and guitar. Hosted by Exeter’s fabulous indie bookshop, Bookbag, and vegan cafe Sacred Grounds, in the McCoy’s Arcade, Exeter. Overseen by some very attentive mannequins in the next door vintage shop.