Traces of Alys - Sarah Reynolds in conversation with Alan Bilton

Sarah Reynolds is in conversation with Alan Bilton at the South Wales Miners' Library (Y Storfa) on Wednesday 11 November, from 17:00 to 18:00. It's part of the Cultural Institute's Literary Salon Series at Swansea University, and the evening is delivered in English. The main draw is a reading from her novel Traces of Alys, which she'll be discussing with Bilton.

Traces of Alys is a psychological thriller and a family mystery about escaping, finding home, and what—or who—is left behind. It follows 15-year-old Emma, who disappears in west Wales in 1995, and her best friend Kate, who becomes entangled in the mystery. If you're into stories that start with a disappearance and pull in the people left around the edges, this is exactly that kind of book.

Reynolds is an award-winning bilingual writer who moved to Carmarthen from Surrey in 2009. She's written two Welsh-language novels, Dysgu Byw and Cyffesion Saesnes yng Nghymru, and her short story 'Catch of the Day' won the Rhys Davies Short Story prize; its short film adaptation, 'Helfa'r Heli', went on to win a BAFTA Cymru. Traces of Alys itself came second in the Bridport Novel Prize. These days she's a lecturer in Creative Writing at Swansea University and still lives in Carmarthen.

The talk is held in partnership with Honno, Cover to Cover, and the South Wales Miners' Library. It runs from 17:00 to 18:00 on Wednesday 11 November at the South Wales Miners' Library (Y Storfa), 277-278 Oxford St, Swansea SA1 3EL, and tickets are free.