UK critics hailed 2024 as “the year of David Nicholls”. And boy, was it.

A “note perfect” (BBC) Netflix adaptation introduced his smash-hit novel One Day to a whole new generation of readers. His new novel You Are Here became the biggest-selling hardback release of his career. And prizes and praise rolled in: winning the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction 2024 and having the New York Times refer to it as “captivating” and The Sunday Times “a triumph”.

A will-they-or-won’t-they love story between two unlikely mid-lifers hiking the Northumberland coast path, it’s a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.

In his first AWF appearance, he joins Michele A’Court.

Supported by Platinum Patrons Pip Greenwood & David Gibson.