{"id":13091,"date":"2024-05-21T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T10:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=13091"},"modified":"2024-05-21T11:38:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T10:38:36","slug":"book-launch-bright-i-burn-by-molly-aitken-on-june-5th-6-30-pm-at-sheffield-central-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/book-launch-bright-i-burn-by-molly-aitken-on-june-5th-6-30-pm-at-sheffield-central-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Book launch: &#8216;Bright I Burn&#8217; by Molly Aitken on June 5th 6.30 pm at Sheffield Central Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Molly Aitken, English PhD student at SHU, would like to invite you to the launch of her novel,\u00a0<i>Bright I Burn<\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>Wednesday 5th June 6.30 pm at Sheffield Central Library<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Get free tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/book-launch-bright-i-burn-by-molly-aitken-tickets-882669477167\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>When a young Alice Kyteler sees her mother wither under the constraints of family responsibilities, she vows that she won&#8217;t suffer the same fate. Soon Alice discovers she has a flair for making money, and builds a flourishing business. But as her wealth and stature grow, so too do the rumours about her private life. By the time she has moved on to her fourth husband, a blaze of local gossip and resentment culminates in an accusation that could prove fatal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Inspired by the first recorded person in Ireland to have been condemned as a witch, Bright I Burn gives voice to a woman lost to history, who dared to carve her own space in a man\u2019s world.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Molly will also be live talking about\u00a0<i>Bright I Burn<\/i>\u00a0on Woman&#8217;s Hour at 10.30 am on June 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Tune in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b007qlvb\">here<\/a>\u00a0to listen.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-orders are available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/brightiburn\">here<\/a>, and make the world of difference to books getting into bookshops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Molly Aitken, English PhD student at SHU, would like to invite you to the launch of her novel,\u00a0Bright I Burn\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday 5th June 6.30 pm at Sheffield Central Library. &nbsp; Get free tickets\u00a0here. About In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared. 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