EVENT 11/02: Amy Twigg introduces Milk, Bread, Teeth with Lucy Rose
EVENT 11/02: Amy Twigg introduces Milk, Bread, Teeth with Lucy Rose
Join us for a delicious evening with acclaimed novelist, Amy Twigg, to discuss her second novel, Milk, Bread, Teeth: a literary horror novel about chronic illness, female desire, and the lengths people go to feel seen. Perfect for fans of Rachel Yoder's Nightbitch, Melissa Broder's MilkFed and The Substance (2024).
In conversation with Lucy Rose, author of the Sunday Times bestselling novel, The Lamb, this will be an incredible evening filled with discussions on the darker appetites that drive us...
Date:
Thursday 11th of February
Venue:
Bookmarked, 47 Henleaze Road, BS9 4JU
Time:
Doors at 18:30. Discussion at 19:00. Finish approx 20:00.
Tickets:
£6 ticket only
£18.99 ticket with Milk, Bread, Teeth (hardback)
£26 ticket with Milk, Bread Teeth & The Lamb (paperback)
You don't need to bring your ticket with you; we will have a list of names on the door. Books will be available to buy on the night.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Milk, Bread, Teeth
Lena's body is no longer her own. It is occupied by a growing appetite, a hunger that demands to be fed. From inside her luxury apartment, Lena tries to appease it gorging herself day and night. Whole loaves of bread, protein shakes - tins of cat food if all else fails.
When Joan, an actress on the cusp of stardom, moves into the apartment above, Lena is quick to make friends. She soon finds herself in Joan's orbit enjoying the trappings of wealth and privilege, the kind she has always pined for. But with the hunger demanding more and more, Lena's carefully constructed image of herself starts to unravel. And as her appetite veers into the inedible, she must fight to remember who she is.
Milk, Bread, Teeth is an unflinching exploration of illness, dissatisfaction and loneliness, a deliciously grim and transgressive tale that will draw you into a frenzy of insatiable desire.
'Gluttonous, audacious and altogether a delectable work of genius. Amy Twigg is the new harbinger of horror' - Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb
'I devoured this book and it devoured me right back. Compulsive. Amy Twigg is a rare talent' - Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
'A ravenous, transgressive novel that sinks its teeth into class, loneliness and the impossible demands we make of women's bodies. It left me desperate for one more bite. Amy Twigg is one of the most exciting new voices in literary horror.’ - Seth Insua, author of Human, Animal and Man and Wife
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Amy Twigg was born in Kent, and is currently based in Surrey. Her novel Spoilt Creatures won the BPA Pitch Prize and was longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition. In 2024, she was selected as one of the Observer's Best New Novelists.
Lucy Rose is a Sunday Times Bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker with an interest in gothic, girlhood, horror, and literary fiction. Lucy’s debut novel, THE LAMB is published by W&N Books (UK) and Harper (US). It was selected for Foyles Book of the Month, named best debut novel of 2025 by Cosmopolitan and Spotify, and was chosen for Dakota Johnson’s Tea Time Book Club. Her second novel is coming in 2027.
Amy and Lucy run a podcast called "Gothic Type" where they pair a book and film and discuss them!