The Start of Something – Holly Williams and The Orange Room – Rosie Price

In conversation with Helen Mort

A lover. A bartender. A husband. An artist. A student. A poet. A sex worker. A welder. A drag queen. A mother. As the sun sets over the city streets, ten ordinary lives collide with extraordinary consequences. Set partly in Sheffield, each connection has the potential to be the start of something. Holly Williams lives in Sheffield, worked as a journalist and is the author of What Time is Love? The Start of Something is a Cosmopolitan best book pick 2024.

‘It’s the new One Day‘ - Fabulous

Can we live fully when we are too afraid to be seen? The Orange Room explores the narrow line between passion, control and an insidious violence that is difficult to name. Asking what it means to see clearly and what courage it takes to be seen, here is the story of a young woman who – through her art, her strength, her determination – finds her way back to herself. Rosie Price is the acclaimed author of What Red Was.

‘Scorching and original’ – Sunday Times (for What Red Was)