Author Wyl Menmuir

Join Wyl Menmuir, Man-Booker prize-nominated writer and Author of ‘Draw of the Sea’.

In Conversation With Author Wyl Menmuir

Join Wyl Menmuir, Man-Booker prize-nominated writer and Author of ‘Draw of the Sea’, for an ‘In Conversation With’ Daphne Skinnard, Assistant Editor of BBC Radio Cornwall.
NOVELIST, EDITOR & TEACHER OF WRITING

Wyl Menmuir is an award-winning author based in Cornwall. His 2016 debut novel, The Many was longlisted for the Man-Booker Award and was an Observer Best Fiction of the year pick. His second novel Fox Fires was published in 2021 and his short fiction has been published by Nightjar Press, Kneehigh Theatre and National Trust Books and appeared in Best British Short Stories. Wyl’s first full-length non-fiction book, The Draw of the Sea, won the Roger Deakin Award from the Society of Authors and is published in 2022.

A former journalist, Wyl has written for Radio 4’s Open Book, The Guardian and The Observer, and the journal Elementum. He is co-creator of the Cornish writing centre, The Writers’ Block and lectures in creative writing at Falmouth University.
Born in Stockport in 1979, Wyl now lives on Cornwall’s north coast with his wife and two children. When he is not writing or teaching writing, Wyl enjoys messing around in boats.

www.wylmenmuir.co.uk
Book independently direct with St Mawes Hotel for an optional post-talk supper (01326 270270).
Tickets: £12 Time: 5.30 pm Venue: Courtyard Room, St Mawes Hotel TR2 5DN