One Day by David Nicholls

Date: Monday 3 October Time: 7.00pm Venue: Hall One Price: £9.50 David Nicholls will talk to John Mullan about his bestselling novel, One Day. Two students at the University of Edinburgh spend one night together just before their graduation. It is 15 July, 1988, St Swithins Day. They have little in common – Emma is a radical working class girl from Leeds and Dexter is a posh-ish boy from the Cotswolds – and they don't expect it to lead anywhere. But they remain friends and the novel revisits them on this same day over the next twenty years as their paths cross and diverge and their relationship evolves. From bad Mexican restaurants to late night youth TV this funny, wise and touching love story deftly chronicles the cultural and political shifts in British life over two decades. First published in 2009, One Day became a huge word-of-mouth success. It has now been translated into 37 languages and this year will see the release of a big screen adaptation of this much-loved story. Tickets are £9.50 online or £11.50 from the box office: www.kingsplace.co.uk Box Office: 020 7520 1490