Talk & Lecture

Jamila Gavin: The Children of WWI (Age 8 to Teens and Adults)

Name: Jamila Gavin: The Children of WWI (Age 8 to Teens and Adults)
Start: 2026-10-30T11:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-10-30T12:00:00.000Z
Location: Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2BX

📅 Friday, 30 October 2026 at 11:00📍 Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2BX

About this event

Three young lives meet on a First World War battlefield

Jamila Gavin brings the wartime stories behind her Nero Book Award-winning novel My Soul, A Shining Tree to Corinium Museum. Lotte is a Belgian girl fleeing a destroyed farm, Ernst is a teenage German soldier trapped in the trenches, and Khudadad Khan is an Indian gunner fighting thousands of miles from home. Their paths meet on a dangerous battlefield ridge in a story inspired by Khan, the first Indian soldier to receive the Victoria Cross.

The hour includes a reading and question-and-answer session, followed by a book signing at Octavia's Bookshop. It is aimed at ages 8 to teen(ish), with adults welcome too. Children must be accompanied, and adults need their own ticket.

Corinium Museum has level accessible entry and accessible toilets.

Ticketed.

Friday 30 October 2026 · Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2BX · Doors 10.45am, 11am to noon

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