Join us for a lively discussion of Lara Maiklem’s fascinating international bestseller, Mudlark: In Search of London’s Past Along the River Thames. Author and journalist Katherine Ashenburg will join Lara on Thursday, August 18, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Flying Books, 784 College St. (near Shaw), Toronto.

The international bestseller that mesmerizingly charts quixotic journeys through London’s past, Mudlark thrills Anglophiles and history lovers alike. Long heralded as a city treasure herself, beloved “Mudlark” Lara Maiklem tirelessly treks along the Thames’ muddy shores, unearthing a myriad of artifacts and their stories—from Roman hairpins and perfectly preserved Tudor shoes to the clay pipes that were smoked in riverside taverns. Seamlessly interweaving reflections from her own life with meditations on the art of wandering, Maiklem ultimately delivers a treatise “as deep and as rich as the Thames and its treasures” (Stanley Tucci).

Featured in the Guardian and on the BBC and NPR for her work as the “London Mudlark,” Lara Maiklem lives on the Kent coast, close to the Thames Estuary, and visits the river as regularly as the tides permit. Mudlark has been a Sunday Times bestseller.

Katherine Ashenburg is the prize-winning author of the novels Sofie & Cecilia and Her Turn, four nonfiction books and hundreds of articles on subjects that range from travel to mourning customs to architecture. She has worked at the CBC and The Globe and Mail as the arts and books editor.

Books will be available for purchase, and, of course, the authors will be signing!

Admission is free. Masks are recommended but not required.