BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12467@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T200000 DTSTAMP:20261007T213003Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/weird-presents-and-near-futures- book-launch-with-author-matt-hill/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Weird presents and near futures: book launch with author Matt Hill DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin Matt in conversation with writer Helen Tookey as they discuss the ideas and influences behind Hill's new book.\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an evening of noir-ish\, near-future thrills about obsession\, connect ion and penance\, where human and machine bleed into one.\n\nSet against a background of climate breakdown and pervasive surveillance\, Wrecks\, the new novel by Matt Hill\, is a noirish thriller about hero worship\, guilt and gigwork in an age of algorithms. Join Matt in conversation with write r Helen Tookey as they discuss the ideas and influences behind the book.\n \nMatt and Helen will explore why science fiction and horror give us uniqu e tools to understand – and confront – the many crises of our present\ , and the ways speculative fiction can help us make sense of the interesti ng times we live in.\n\nMatt Hill is the author of six genre-blurring nove ls that depict precarious lives in a near-future UK. Graft was a finalist for the 2017 Philip K. Dick Award\, while Lamb\, published by Liverpool’ s own Dead Ink Books\, was called ‘humane and weirdly beautiful’ by th e Guardian\, and later named a Times best science fiction novel of 2023.\n \nThe event will be followed by an audience Q&\;A and the chance to buy a signed copy of Wrecks.\n\nFree\, booking required\nBook your ticket now \n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2026/10/Wrecks-event.jpg CATEGORIES:Literature & Poetry LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR