Rachel Louise Driscoll - Nephthys | Wednesday 26 February, 6.30pm

Join us for an evening with debut novelist Rachel Louise Driscoll - winner of the Curtis Brown Creative scholarship - as she discusses her book Nephthys, "an intoxicating tale of adventure and obsession, told in prose that shimmers like the Nile" (Emilia Hart, author of Weyward).

PRE-ORDER (published 6 February 2025) your copy of Nephthys here

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The spellbinding story of a forgotten daughter and a forgotten goddess. Quiet and reserved, Clemmie is happy in the background. Although her parents may overlook her talents, her ability to read hieroglyphs makes her invaluable at the Egyptian relic parties which have made her father the toast of Victorian society.

But at one such party, the words Clemmie interprets from an unusual amulet strike fear into her heart. The beautiful and dangerous glyphs she holds in her hands will change her life forever. Five years later, Clemmie arrives in Egypt on a mission to save what remains of her family.

The childhood game she used to play about the immortal sisters, Isis and Nephthys, has taken on a devastating resonance and it is only by following Nephthys' story that she can undo the mistakes of the past. On her journey up the Nile she will meet unexpected allies and enemies and, along with long-buried secrets and betrayals, Clemmie will be forced to step into the light.