Join one of The Observer’s 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021, Rebecca Watson, for a virtual event to celebrate the paperback publication of little scratch

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of the new paperback edition of little scratch, deliverable to any UK or international address. The 'Stream' package consists of a ticket to the live stream only.

For one night only the event will be broadcast on 12 January at 18:30 UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does not suit the initial broadcast time you can watch it at any point after the initial showing for one week.

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Over the course of one day, an unnamed woman wakes up, gets to work, watches the clock and goes to the pub. But underneath this routine, there’s something else going on: something under her skin. Every minute, from morning to night, ideas about sex, violence and comedy intertwine. little scratch is a fierce, enlivening and moving depiction of what it means to live out the trajectory of a single day consumed by trauma – and how the mind can survive.

In conversation, Rebecca will explore the inspiration behind her much hailed and innovative debut novel, which started life as a piece that was shortlisted for the White Review story prize in 2018 and has now been adapted for stage at Hampstead Theatre and directed by renowned theatre director Katie Mitchell.

This promises to be an enlightening and thought-provoking evening.