# Event Details - **Event Name**: Hernan Diaz PLY with Dorian Lynskey - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 19 Oct, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Mon, 19 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for a special evening at Blackwell's with bestselling author Hernan Diaz. He'll be discussing his latest novel, 'Ply'About this EventPlyThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust turns to the future with a novel that examines the place of technology in our collective imagination. Centuries from now, an orphan adrift in an American city grows up to become a pincher. Stealing electricity from the grid to power the vibrant downtown music scene she adores is a risky occupation, and the city she moves through can be dangerous. She is right to be wary. But soon, she is drawn into a paranoid maze where her closest friends and even her own identity are put into question - all while following a thread leading to a scientific experiment that could change the fabric of reality itself.Set in a future filled with both uncertainty and promise, Ply is a powerfully humane novel that interrogates the role of technology in a deeply changed society. A gripping quest for truth at the dawn of a new historical epoch, it offers us a deep dive into the burden of capitalism, while poignantly charting the boundaries of selfhood, and the distance that stands between us and those we love.Hernan DiazHernan Diaz was born in Argentina in 1973 and grew up in Sweden. He studied literature at the University of Buenos Aires and King’s College in London and earned his doctorate at New York University.His first novel, 'In the Distance', was published in 2017 and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Hernan Diaz’s second novel, 'Trust', was published in 2022 and translated into over twenty.Hernan lives in New York City.Dorian LynskeyDorian Lynskey writes about music, film, books and politics for publications including The Guardian, The Observer, the New Statesman, GQ, Billboard, Empire, and Mojo. His first book was 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs. A study of thirty-three pivotal songs with a political message, it was NME's Book of the Year and a 'Music Book of the Year' in The Daily Telegraph. His next book, The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell's 1984, was longlisted for both the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Orwell Prize. He hosts the podcasts 'Origin Story' and 'Oh God, What Now?' - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oxford/hernan-diaz-ply-with-dorian-lynskey/100001985365920914 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, music - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Blackwell's Bookshop - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 6, max: 20, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Oxford - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Blackwell's Bookshop - **lat**: 51.7546303 - **long**: -1.2554723 - **full address**: Blackwell's Bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Hernan Diaz PLY with Dorian Lynskey - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/a62adc839df5f194695144e58f2ddf86cf971c6acfdaaeb12444a288b70cdb8f-rimg-w1200-h675-dcc3bfbb-gmir.jpg?v=1774130767 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Hernan Diaz PLY with Dorian Lynskey being held? - **A:** Hernan Diaz PLY with Dorian Lynskey takes place on Mon, 19 Oct, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Mon, 19 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Blackwell's Bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Hernan Diaz PLY with Dorian Lynskey? - **A:** Hernan Diaz PLY with Dorian Lynskey is organized by Blackwell's, Broad Street Oxford. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Blackwell's, Broad Street Oxford's events? - **A:** Attendees have given Blackwell's, Broad Street Oxford a rating of 2/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. 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