{"id":9173,"date":"2026-02-14T12:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=9173"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:13:43","slug":"2026-sunday-11-30am-sian-hughes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=9173","title":{"rendered":"2026 Sunday – 11.30am Sian Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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No Such Thing as Monday<\/span><\/p>

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Date:\u00a0 Sunday 14th June 2026<\/strong><\/p>

Venue:\u00a0 Montgomery Town Hall<\/strong><\/p>

Time:\u00a0 11.30am-12.15pm<\/strong><\/p>

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We loved meeting Si\u00e2n Hughes when she joined us to talk about her amazing debut novel, Pearl<\/em>. So, we\u2019re delighted to welcome her back to talk about her latest, No Such Thing as Monday<\/em>.<\/p>

Her new book introduces us to Steffi, haunted by what happened to her sister when they were children, and stuck in a loop of self-destruction, defiance, and shame. When her violent, bullying father dies, it sparks a reckoning that cracks open her past.<\/p>

What follows is an extraordinary portrayal of life lived on the edge and the redemptive journey of a woman trying to piece herself together in a world that failed to make space for her.<\/p>

Si\u00e2n Hughes <\/strong>is a writer who grew up in a small village in Cheshire.\u00a0Her first collection of poetry\u00a0The Missing\u00a0<\/em>(Salt, 2009) was a Poetry Society Recommendation, longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, shortlisted for the Felix Dennis and the Aldeburgh prizes, and won the Seamus Heaney Award. Si\u00e2n\u2019s first novel, Pearl<\/em>,\u00a0was longlisted for The Booker Prize in 2023 and shortlisted for The Authors\u2019 Club Best First Novel Award 2024. Her latest book is No Such Thing as Monday<\/em>, published in April 2026. Si\u00e2n lives in Cheshire with her son.\u00a0
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\u00a0 No Such Thing as Monday with Si\u00e2n Hughes Date:\u00a0 Sunday 14th June 2026 Venue:\u00a0 Montgomery Town Hall Time:\u00a0 11.30am-12.15pm Tickets:\u00a0 \u00a39.00 We loved meeting Si\u00e2n Hughes when she joined us to talk about her amazing debut novel, Pearl. So, we\u2019re delighted to welcome her back to talk about her latest, No Such Thing as …<\/p>\n

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