A woman haunted by family denial, secrets and a shadowy figure ...

In her first novel since 2018, and her first book since her interrogating memoir The Mirror Book, the protagonist of Charlotte Grimshaw’s Black Monk is confronted by her brother’s spiral into addiction, and the memories their shared past evokes.

From their chaotic Auckland childhood to her present-day life, a mysterious figure she calls the Black Monk begins to appear to her in various guises: a stranger in a cemetery; a face on television; a character surfacing in her own writing.

Part psychological thriller, part family saga, Grimshaw joins Kate De Goldi to discuss her daring new novel, which explores shame, addiction, truth and the stories we tell to survive.

Supported by Platinum Patrons Antonia Fisher & Stuart Grieve.