5 August 2026 [7:00-9:00PM]
Moretonhampstead Community Club, 17 Court Street, Moreton TQ13
SOLD OUT // Tickets are £22 – to join the waitlist, email Leslie at [email protected]
Good food, good books, good company. The perfect trio! The Van du Pain and First Draft Books invite you to join us for our literary supper club, From Page to Plate.
How does it work?
-> We cook up a delicious two-course meal inspired by a great book. And it’s BOYB – we’ll have water but you can bring anything else you might enjoy.
-> We provide prompts throughout the evening to support an engaging conversation about the book.
-> You enjoy a wonderful evening of delicious food and rich discussion at your table.
Our next literary supper club will be inspired by The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. A magical realism whodunnit set amid the Sri Lankan civil war, this book will be the inspiration for a delightful conversation and delicious meal.
Copies of the book are available in store. Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated when noted during registration. Tickets are transferrable until one week before the event.
Bon appétit and happy reading!
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ABOUT THE BOOK
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 & SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023
A magical realism whodunnit set amid Sri Lanka’s civil war. Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira lake and he has no idea who killed him. At a time where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. He has seven moons to try and contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos that will rock Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s foremost author delivers a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths.