J.C. Corry shares his decade long journey to getting published, and his research trips following Chaucer across Europe. In 2023 Corry followed in Chaucer's footsteps from London to Bordeaux to northern Spain to conduct research for his historical fiction novel, The Storyteller's War: Geoffrey Chaucer, Reluctant Spy, published by Black Rose Publishing.

Was Chaucer a spy working for King Edward the Third? Find out Corry's take on this and other facts about the man most of us know as a poet and the father of English literature. Corry will read from the novel, answer questions and sign books. Tea and coffee will be served. Talk is Saturday, July 19, 1pm.