Kae Tempest is an exceptional phenomenon: he is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller * The Bricks That Built the Houses* , awarded the Ted Hughes Award for his poetry (as the youngest poet ever), and a musical artist with no fewer than seven studio albums to his name. Ten years after the publication of his debut novel, he is coming to ILFU to talk about his long-awaited new book, * Having Spent Life Seeking *, a lyrical return to the coastal town where his protagonist Rothko Taylor left fifteen years ago. An honest and at times poignant coming-of-age novel about first loves and complex families, written during a period of major changes in the author's personal life – including a gender transition.
Presenter, author, and journalist Teddy Tops joins Tempest in conversation about redemption and atonement, desire and surrender, identity and community.
