Serendipity: The Afterlife of the Object - A Book Talk with Carol Mavor
Join us to hear from Carol Mavor in conversation about her latest book, exploring the sadness, as well as the joy, of unexpected discoveries.
Carol Mavor’s first ‘happy accident’ occurred in 1980 when visiting New York’s Serendipity 3, a dessert café favoured by Andy Warhol. Mavor’s memory of eating a frozen hot chocolate became food for thought, nurturing accidental discoveries about art and literature.
The book’s happy, yet dark, accidents include Anne Frank’s journal, discovered in the Secret Annex after the Second World War; Emily Dickinson’s poems, scribbled on salvaged envelopes, hidden in a drawer; and Lolita, rescued from incineration by Nabokov’s wife Véra.
Doors open at 1:30pm with soft drinks available to purchase.
Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event, or will be available to purchase online soon with the option of collecting in store at the event.
Travel and Contact Information
Find event
The Whitworth
Manchester
