Silvia Bombardini reads from The Shoplifter's Monologue.

A book launch with a performative reading celebrates the publication of The Shoplifter's Monologue, a short play published as the first title by Editions Semblance. The event features a reading by the author, with a performance at 6pm. The play is set at the turn of the 20th century and centres on its sole character, Lisa, and her reasons and techniques for stealing. It draws on research into shoplifters' clothes of that era and considers the silence of female criminals in the historical archives.