Eastbourne Litfest Panel Event : Why does politics make great fiction?
Sat 26 Sept
|emma mason
Writers, journalists, policymakers and politicians come together in a unique conversation about the power of politics to intrigue and engage us - in the best of stories. https://eastbournelitfest.onlineticketseller.com/events/173004
Time & Location
26 Sept 2026, 17:30 – 19:00
emma mason, 21 Lushington Ln, Eastbourne BN21 4LJ, UK
About the event
https://eastbournelitfest.onlineticketseller.com/events/173004About
Writers, journalists, policymakers and politicians come together in a unique conversation about the power of politics to intrigue and engage us - in the best of stories.
Deborah O'Donoghue is a writer of psychological and political thrillers, as well as a travel writer and presenter. She also coaches and buddy-writes with other authors, including international bestseller Rosie Walsh. She has lived in France and Belgium for much of her adult life and moved permanently away from the UK in 2015 . Her debut novel, Sea of Bones, published in 2019, plunges readers into an alternate political reality, where migration and corruption remain driving issues.
Robin de Rosario is a mixed race novelist and award winning poet who writes about sovereignty in the context of the individual, race and geography. His 2025 novel Coyote is a historical fiction examining the colonisation of North America and was shortlisted for the Electric…