Quay Words presents Michael Malay - Late Light

Exeter Custom House, 46 The Quay, Exeter, EX2 4AN

Tel: 01392 271611

Quay Words presents Michael Malay - Late Light

About

We're really pleased to welcome Michael to Exeter to talk to us about Late Light - winner of the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2024. Late Light combines natural history with memoir in the story of Michael's journey as an Indonesian Australian making a new home for himself in England.

Late Light is about migration, belonging and extinction. Through the close examination of four particular 'unloved' animals - eels, moths, crickets and mussels - Michael Malay tells the story of the economic, political and cultural events that have shaped the modern landscape of Britain.

About the Author

Michael Malay is a teacher and writer based in Bristol. He spent his early years in Jakarta, Indonesia, before moving to Australia with his family at the age of ten. He is the author of Late Light, a book about migration, belonging and extinction, and is now working on a book about John Berger.

This event will be in-person at Exeter Custom House. You can find out more about the accessibility of the Custom House here. [https://quaywords.org.uk/about/access/] If you have any access needs youd like to discuss with us before the event you can contact us on quaywords@literatureworks.org.uk. We can offer free carer tickets if you need help to support you to attend.

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Quay Words presents Michael Malay - Late Light (12 Nov 2025)
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