Acclaimed novelist and prodigal Wellingtonian Catherine Chidgey was joined by fellow author and firm friend Tracey Slaughter to launch her experimental ‘found novel’, The Beat of the Pendulum, at Unity Books Wellington at lunchtime, Wednesday 8th November.
The two authors performed two readings from the book, which is constructed entirely from the words of conversations between Catherine and a group of conscripts to the project, some of whom it was revealed were more willing participants than others.
The assembled crowd of publishers, writers and readers provided an enlightening line of questioning as well as an observation Catherine particularly enjoyed, likening her construction process to observing murmurations of starlings.
The Beat of the Pendulum is available in store and online at Unity Books now.