Grief is the Thing with Feathers is a bedtime story for grown-ups about the universal experience of loss. It is about childhood, parenting, poetry, pain and the infinite wisdom of crows. Dark, weird and beautiful, it is the perfect book for these times. It is an impassioned blast of literature and love, a celebration of language, and a raging heartbroken song for all of us.

Max Porter’s novel has been translated into 30 languages and adapted into a play starring Cillian Murphy, but it has never been read in public, in its entirety, by the author. For one night only, Max will read his award-winning novel live from Islington’s iconic Union Chapel into your home.

All ticket sales will support the Union Chapel and its homelessness charity, The Margins Project.