Richard will be reading from Man-Eating Typewriter and talking about his work as part of Teesside University’s Beyond the Book series, at the new Library, Teesside University, Middlesbrough. Friday 21st June, 6-8pm. Tickets are free, and can be booked HERE.

From the University website:

‘Ever wanted to meet or chat with your favourite author? We’ve gathered together Teesside University graduate authors for our new Beyond the Book series.

Open to all, join us for enjoyable evenings hearing from acclaimed and emerging authors as they discuss their latest work. Light refreshments provided.

Richard Milward (Honorary Graduate, Doctor of Letters, 2013) was born in Middlesbrough, and is now an accomplished and successful author and a proud honorary graduate of Teesside University. Starting back in 2007, his debut novel Apples (Faber) was published when Richard was the tender age of twenty-two, to great critical acclaim. Richard's second novel Ten Storey Love Song (Faber) was released in 2009, receiving accolades from such folk as Irvine Welsh ('a major talent') and Lauren Laverne ('astounding'). Both novels have been adapted for the stage: Apples in 2010 by Northern Stage/Company of Angels, and Ten Storey Love Song in 2016 by Middle Child Hull. Both toured extensively and won awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Richard's third novel Kimberly's Capital Punishment was published in 2012, picked as a Time Out Book of the Week and heralded by The List as one of the Best Books of 2012. The novel is a sextuple-ended black comedy, following a girl's fated attempts at 'unadulterated altruism' in a nightmarish vision of our nation's Capital.

In March 2023, White Rabbit published Richard’s fourth novel, Man-Eating Typewriter, alongside reissues of his previous three books. The novel received accolades from the Telegraph (‘deserves to be boosted by a prize or two’), the Literary Review (‘a phenomenal achievement’) and the Guardian (‘a genuinely exhilarating entertainment’), and was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2023.

18:00 - 18:30

Registration time

Join us for pre-speaker refreshments and an informal opportunity to mingle with guests and the author.

18:30 - 19:30

Speaker

Listen to Richard talk about his books, career and life, including an opportunity for Q&A time.

19:30 - 20:00

Networking time

Close out the evening with refreshments and opportunity to mingle with the guests and the author.’