Frederik Peeters (Blue Pills) Signing/Talk/Q&A

An extra-rare treat:a talk, Q&A and signing by Swiss graphic novelist Frederik Peeters as part of Paul Gravett’s COMICA festival.

Best known for his award winning and bestselling memoir, Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story (about his relationship with an HIV positive girl called Cati and her son), Peeters will be talking about his life, his work, and his new book from SelfMadeHero, Sandcastle, on the day of its English language release.

"Early morning on a perfect summer’s day, people begin to descend on an idyllic, secluded beach. Amongst their number, a family, a young couple, a refugee and some American tourists. Its fine white sand is fringed with rock pools filled with crystal clear water. The beach is sheltered from prying eyes by green fringed cliffs. But this utopia keeps a dark secret. A woman’s body is found floating in the waters – which brings these 13 strangers together to try and unravel the riddle of the sands and escape the beach alive in this tense, fantastical mystery."

Sandcastle is a deeply unsettling science fiction story written by the French film director, Pierre Oscar Levy, who is currently working on a film adaptation of Peeters’ Blue Pills.

SelfMadeHero will be supplying us with a limited number of their already very limited edition art print (only 350 in existence!) featuring a new illustration by Peeters, signed and numbered by the artist himself. Make sure you’re here at 6:30pm for a 7pm start. We’ll have our usual supply of beer and wine to keep you happy while we get ourselves organised.