BOOKA PRESENT                                                             An                                                            Evening with                                                             RUTH JONES                                                             for her debut novel                                                             Never Greener                                                          Join                                                            us for an                                                            evening with                                                            much loved                                                            actress and                                                            screenwriter                                                            Ruth Jones as                                                            talks about                                                            her debut                                                            novel, Never                                                            Greener, a                                                            heart-rending,                                                            provocative                                                            and astutely                                                            written love                                                            story about                                                            getting what                                                            you want and                                                            losing                                                            everything you                                                            need.                                                           The                                                            past has a                                                            habit of                                                            tracking us                                                            down. And                                                            tripping us                                                            up. When Kate                                                            was                                                            twenty-two,                                                            she had an                                                            intense and                                                            passionate                                                            affair with a                                                            married man,                                                            Callum, which                                                            ended in                                                            heartbreak.                                                            Kate thought                                                            she'd never                                                            get over it.                                                            Seventeen                                                            years later,                                                            life has moved                                                            on – Kate, now                                                            a successful                                                            actress, is                                                            living in                                                            London,                                                            married to                                                            Matt and                                                            mother to                                                            little                                                            Tallulah.                                                            Meanwhile                                                            Callum and his                                                            wife Belinda                                                            are happy                                                            together,                                                            living in                                                            Edinburgh and                                                            watching their                                                            kids grow up.                                                            The past, it                                                            would seem, is                                                            well and truly                                                            behind them                                                            all. But then                                                            Kate meets                                                            Callum again.                                                            And they are                                                            faced with a                                                            choice: to                                                            walk away from                                                            each other . .                                                            . or to risk                                                            finding out                                                            what might                                                            have been.                                                            Second chances                                                            are a rare                                                            gift in life.                                                            But that                                                            doesn't mean                                                            they should                                                            always be                                                            taken . . .                                                           Ruth                                                            Jones is best                                                            known for her                                                            outstanding                                                            and                                                            award-winning                                                            television                                                            writing – BBC                                                            1's Gavin and                                                            Stacey, in                                                            which she                                                            played the                                                            incorrigible                                                            Nessa, and Sky                                                            1's Stella. In                                                            this, her                                                            unmissable                                                            debut novel,                                                            she shows us                                                            the dangers of                                                            trying to                                                            recapture that                                                            which was once                                                            lost and                                                            failing to                                                            realise the                                                            beauty of what                                                            we already                                                            have.                                                           We're                                                            thrilled to be                                                            hosting this                                                            event with                                                            Ruth – don't                                                            miss this                                                            chance to meet                                                            her!                                                          |