# Event Details - **Event Name**: Debut novelists Lauren Mooney and Saul Leslie: In Conversation - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 18 Oct, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sun, 18 Oct, 2026 at 02:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for the 2026 Liverpool Literary FestivalAbout this EventJoin two University of Liverpool alumni as they discuss their debut novels, both of which – in their own unique ways – explore work, power, class and capitalism.Lauren Mooney is a writer from the East Midlands and works in theatre and audio drama, co-running the Kandinsky Theatre Company since 2015, making award-winning shows. Her debut novel Service, published in June by Manilla Press, finds comedy and horror in servitude at a landed estate.Saul Leslie is a writer and academic, teaching literature and creative writing, and is an advocate for disability rights. His academic research on disability and employment was instrumental in influencing policy that brought about the British Sign Language Act in 2022. His novel A Working Title I Want To Change explores the dizzying over-lit world of austerity Britain, revealing consumerism’s rituals and illusions in all their comedy and menace.Lauren and Saul, both of whom studied English Literature at the University, will be in conversation with fellow alumna Sara-Louise Tareen, co-organiser of Feminist Fiction Liverpool.Click here to book a festival pass.All passes will include reserved seating in the lecture theatre, plus a host of other exclusive VIP benefits. Please note, the weekend pass does not include the launch event with Roger McGough on Friday 16th October.There are a number of FREE University of Liverpool student tickets at all festival events. 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