{"title": "What Makes a Good Guy? Mindy Misener in conversation with Emily Itami", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Librería", "address": "Hanbury Street 65, E1 5JP London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://subscribe.libreria.io/shop/further-recommendations/OA24X422MOL2DWAJOZSLKPAV", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction", "society/war"], "description": "A bookshop conversation about Mindy Misener's debut novel Good Guys, which follows two estranged sisters after a young soldier from a small Maine town dies in Iraq and disturbing wartime photographs he took threaten to unravel his community's belief in him as a hometown hero. What begins as an attempt to expose the truth becomes an examination of American patriotism, religious loyalty and the protection afforded to men deemed beyond reproach. Misener joins Emily Itami, author of Fault Lines and Kakigori Summer, to discuss the mythology of the good guy and what telling the truth may cost.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/what-makes-a-good-guy-mindy-misener-in-conversation-with-emi-41633/", "official_url": "https://libreria.io/what-makes-a-good-guy-mindy-misener-in-conversation-with-emily-itami/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74de0f73e5eaf0bc84bd2a7c9dd80d5969eee16d271aa3194754d282b4ccd605-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Librería", "address": "Hanbury Street 65, E1 5JP London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Kim Ghattas in conversation with Clarissa Ward", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Lala Books", "address": "Grove Lane 4a, SE5 8SY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/111081447981", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/true-crime"], "description": "An evening conversation at the bookshop Lala Books celebrating the launch of Kim Ghattas' new book 'The Best Kind of American'. 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The book, published by Aurora Metro Books and presented by Aurora Metro Arts & Media with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, explores the events leading up to the American War of Independence and its aftermath. 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Paul Young (Author of The Shack) is an evening of conversation about faith, story and the questions that stay with us. Wm. Paul Young, author of the bestselling novel The Shack, will talk about The Shack and his new book, Return to The Shack, reading extracts from it, with time for questions afterwards. Copies of his books will be on sale and he will sign them after the event, with refreshments served. Everyone is welcome; admission is free but places are limited and sign-up is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/an-evening-with-wm-paul-young-49303/", "official_url": "https://holyspiritclapham.churchsuite.com/events/5sdrdhkx", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5524cf8f11ec0ee4ace53d5b8e68b7bc6239531d7da02d46b28684e6c76301a2-1200.webp"}]}