One of Birmingham’s most beloved authors Jonathan Coe returns to the festival this year to talk to us about his latest genre defying novel, The Proof of My Innocence. The novel follows Phyl, a recent graduate settling uncomfortably into life back at her parents’ house post university, who stumbles across a forty-year old mystery involving a radical think tank at Cambridge University.

Part state of the nation novel, cosy crime caper and coming of age story, Jonathan’s novel offers a blisteringly funny and thrilling critique of Britain’s drift towards the political right.

Chaired by Yasmin Ali.

Sponsored by the University of Birmingham.