# Event Details - **Event Name**: M. John Harrison THE END OF EVERYTHING with Ben Pester - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 15 Jun, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Mon, 15 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Cult author M. John Harrison will join us for an exclusive event at Blackwell's as he discusses his latest novel, 'The End of Everything'About this EventThe End of EverythingPhillip Tennent makes his living at the tideline, collecting artefacts that wash up from the Channel. It's been years since the crisis changed everything, but its exact nature remains obscure. Government barely functions, the seas are full of new creatures, Europe has been mislaid. It feels like the end. Now Phillip has fished out of the water an object he can't keep. A creature that keeps changing. An artefact he must take inland, before it destroys everything he thinks he knows.M. John HarrisonWriters as diverse as Olivia Laing, Robert MacFarlane, Ursula Le Guin and Neil Gaiman have all identified M John Harrison as one of most talented and original of his generation of British writers. Coming up at an oblique angle to his contemporaries, he wrote some of the most famous science fiction and fantasy novels of the 1970s and 80s in the Viriconium sequence and The Centauri Device. His Empty Space trilogy, which marked a return to science fiction, won both the Arthur C Clarke and the James Tiptree Jnr awards.Harrison won the 2020 Goldsmith's Prize with The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again, which was also chosen as a New Statesman Book of the Year. His most recent book — Wish I Was Here: An Anti-Memoir — was published by Serpent's Tail in 2023 and chosen as a TLS Book of the Year.Ben PesterBen Pester is a writer of long and short form fiction. His debut story collection Am I in the Right Place? was published in 2021, and was long listed for the 2022 Edge Hill Prize. His fiction and work has appeared in Granta, The London Magazine, TANK, Hotel, Five Dials and elsewhere. His debut novel The Expansion Project was shortlisted for the Nero Prize for Debut Fiction and the Goldsmiths Prize. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oxford/m-john-harrison-the-end-of-everything-with-ben-pester/100001986436873161 - **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 16.99, max: 16.99, 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**: M. 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John Harrison THE END OF EVERYTHING with Ben Pester is organized by Blackwell's, Broad Street Oxford. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** M. John Harrison THE END OF EVERYTHING with Ben Pester is ideal for comedy fans, stand-up enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a dedicated session of curated laughs, professional acts, and sharp wit from seasoned performers. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Oxford, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If M. John Harrison THE END OF EVERYTHING with Ben Pester sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "M. 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