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 Match Day launch

Friday 27 August at 7.30pm
Upstairs at Bar One, Wales Millennium Centre
Free entry

Spend the evening with Cardiff writer Darren Floyd at the launch of his latest title, Match Day. Darren will talk about and read extracts from the book and there'll be chance to have a drink with the author afterwards.

Match Day (Hirst Books, 2010) is a comic thriller about three people having three different days, on the same match day in Cardiff. Cathy is a woman disappointed in life when her dream turns into a nightmare, and mires her with debt which she doesn't have a hope of paying off. Suddenly she is offered a chance of a new life in Australia, but first she must take a desperate gamble…
Martin is a bitter policeman with decades on the job, and a shameful secret in his past. He finds himself in events that he could never anticipated.
Leigh is a supporter; he just wants to get into see the match. Unfortunately he gets split up from his mate who has his ticket. He finds himself alone in a city full of sports fans. Now if he can only find a ticket… Gradually these three people's paths collide, and none of their lives will be the same again…

Darren is a writer and artist living in Cardiff. He worked with RazorBlade Press, an independent Cardiff–based publishers, specialising in horror–writing which won the Best Small Press Award 2000 from the British Fantasy Society. Darren contributes short stories to various magazines (including Raw Nerve) and anthologies. Click here to visit his website.

Click here to order a copy of Match Day from the Hirst Books website

This event is part of Academi's programme of literature events at Wales Millennium Centre.

For more information contact Academi:
029 2047 2266 / post@academi.org