{"product_id":"an-evening-with-caroline-palmer-in-conversation-with-heather-darwent","title":"An Evening with Caroline Palmer, in conversation with Heather Darwent","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe're so excited to welcome Caroline Palmer to the Rare Birds to discuss her brilliant debut novel, Workhorse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs wickedly funny as it is darkly unsettling, Workhorse is an astonishing story of envy and ambition, set against the glamour and privilege of media and high society in New York at its height.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaroline will be in conversation with local author and Rare Birds favourite, Heather Darwent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTickets are £5 and can be redeemed against any purchase on the evening of the event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eDoors open from: \u003c\/strong\u003e6:00pm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eTalk begins: \u003c\/strong\u003e6:30pm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York City, 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditorial Assistant Clodagh “Clo” Harmon wants nothing more than to rise through the ranks at the world’s most prestigious fashion magazine. But there’s just one problem: she doesn’t have the right pedigree. Clo is a ‘workhorse’ in a world of beautiful, wealthy, impossibly well-connected ‘show horses’ and it seems that her fortunes will never change. That is until Clo meets Harry Wood, a reporter with visions of his own media empire and the person who might be Clo’s ally in gaming the system…or is he the only thing standing between Clo and her rightful place at the top?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClo begins to wade across boundaries, taking ever greater and more dangerous risks to become the Important Person she wants to be. But who is Clo under all the borrowed designer clothes and studied manners? And who are we if we share her desires?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cstrong\u003eCaroline Palmer \u003c\/strong\u003espent seven years as the Editor of Vogue.com and was subsequently the Director of Editorial, Video, and Social Media at Amazon Fashion. She is now an advisor at a venture firm and start-up accelerator in New York, as well as consulting with fashion, technology and beauty brands. She sits on the Foundation Board at FIT and is the chairperson of the fashion department advisory council at the University of Delaware. She has also worked at the New York Times, Real Simple, Seventeen magazine, Vogue and the Public Theatre.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the event chair \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cstrong\u003eHeather Darwent\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer based just outside of Edinburgh. The Things We Do To Our Friends was released in 2023, and is her debut novel. It was a Sunday Times Bestseller. Her second book, A Sharp Scratch, was released in 2025.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf you have any questions regarding the event or to request additional accessibility accommodations please contact hello@rarebirdsbooks.live\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease note: event tickets are non-refundable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Birds Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57659865268611,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/carolinepalmer.png?v=1778594035","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/an-evening-with-caroline-palmer-in-conversation-with-heather-darwent","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}