Big Man: Dean Atta in conversation with Sacha Coward

Join us in the bookshop to celebrate the publication of Dean Atta's Big Man, a tender and daring novel about queer love, trauma, and aging. He'll be discussing the book with local queer icon Sacha Coward. Tickets include a drink, and Dean will be signing books on the night.

About the book

BIG MAN follows the life of Big, a middle-aged, Black British gay man who lives a gentle life with his boyfriend, Little, in their home in East London. Big and Little enjoy evenings out and group holidays with friends, as much as practising yoga together at home, and running side by side along the Hackney canals.

Big came of age in the club scene under the watchful eye of Mother, an African American trans woman who made a home and a name for herself in London, her house a refuge for wayward queer youth like Big. When he…