book early to avoid disappointment

On the Acknowledgments page of The Thing Itself, the new novel by Adam Roberts, there’s this:

As an atheist writing a novel about why you should believe in God, I have taken more than I can say from the eloquent and persuasive devotional writing of my friends Alan Jacobs and Francis Spufford, Christians both.

Well, one thing led to another, so… The place: Great St. Mary’s Church, Cambridge (the English one). The date: The evening of 15 June. The event: A conversation about The Thing Itself and associated topics featuring

the esteemed author himself

Francis Spufford

The Rt Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Williams of Oystermouth (more familiarly known as Rowan Williams)

and yours truly.

Stay tuned for more details. And sorry about the title of this post, you can’t actually book anything.