A Reading and Conversation with Rosemary Jenkinson
WHEN: Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 7pm. Doors open and cash bar available from 6pm.
WHERE: Madhatter DC (1319 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC, 20036). This event takes place in the upstairs room and bar of Madhatter.
PRICE: Free to attend, but reservations are required. Donations welcome.
“A vivid, urgent and compelling story about the tenacity of memory. In the apocalyptic and bookless world conjured up by Rosemary Jenkinson, words have power – and remembering forbidden words becomes an act of resistance.” – Martina Devlin on Rosemary Jenkinson’s The Memorisers
Join us for a drink and conversation with returning author Rosemary Jenkinson! Madhatter is quickly becoming one of our favorite places to meet, and Rosemary is always a joy when she’s in town. She will be discussing her debut dystopian novel The Memorisers – which was published in the UK in January 2025. The Madhatter cash bar will be open at 6pm for guests who would like to purchase a drink before the reading, and they will also be serving food downstairs.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Memorisers is a blistering portrayal of World War III and a satire on the West’s current assault on free speech. Jo is a journalist reporting from the front line of a war-torn country. One day, she wakes up in hospital after being caught up in a drone attack. The problem is she can’t remember the story she was covering…
As research for The Memorisers, Rosemary travelled five times to war-torn Ukraine. Spending time in the frontline city of Kherson and experiencing Zaporizhzhia under drone attack has provided Rosemary with the impetus to imagine the Russo-Ukrainian war spreading West.
Rosemary Jenkinson is an award-winning short story author and playwright with a swathe of literary successes to her credit. She received a Major Artist Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and was artist-in-residence at the Lyric Theatre Belfast and Leuven College for Irish Studies. She is currently a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Queen’s University.
