Book Signing with… Sophie Calon

Join us at Book-ish Abergavenny at 1pm for a book signing with Sophie Calon! Books will be available to purchase, please book a free ticket to help us estimate attendance.

“Moving and thought-provoking” – Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

“Profoundly life-affirming… A wonderful book.” – Gwyneth Lewis, author of Nightshade Mother

“Searing and poetic, Sophie Calon’s prose sparkles in this elegiac, gripping memoir.” – Maeve McClenaghan, author of No Fixed Abode

About Long Going
At 50, Sophie Calon’s father was a celebrated lawyer. At 55, he was found dead on a garage forecourt at Christmas. Meanwhile he had pinballed between homeless shelters, prison cells, and dry-out hostels. His story is a lesson in how alcoholism corrodes a person – and a family. Long Going is a powerful, unflinching memoir that sings with Calon’s love for her eccentric, witty father while recounting his drink-fuelled disintegration. In telling his story, Calon explores her family’s instability and pain as well as her own survival. “Throughout my childhood, our family’s struggles couldn’t be said aloud. I hope that, together with readers, we can all come to deeper understandings about addiction, grief, and how we could break destructive cycles,” Calon says. Long Going is a compelling, frank and vivacious memoir that casts new light on the complex issue of addiction.

About Sophie Calon
Sophie Calon was born and raised in Cardiff. State-educated, Sophie studied Classics at Oxford University then trained as a journalist in her hometown. Her writing has been published in The Guardian, The TLS, Literary Review, and the anthology Tales of Two Londons. Her story ‘Cantlos’ was runner-up for the 2021 Wild Writing Prize and published by Short Fiction. Sophie lives with her husband, daughter, cats, and cows on a hilltop near Hay-on-Wye, where they are returning nature to their surroundings.