The Bridport Literary Festival 2018

Dr. Irving Finkel, philologist and Assyriologist, is a truly spellbinding storyteller and a familiar figure in academic and literary circles. He is the Assistant Keeper of ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and culture in the Department of the Middle East in the British Museum. His thrilling stories elevate him now above his fellow academics and his latest: The Writing in the Stone is a gripping horror story set in Nineveh, capital of ancient Assyria and is sure to captivate and intrigue as did Finkel’s renowned bestseller: The Ark Before Noah. The Writing in the Stone is one of the most beautifully bound volumes – thick paper, gold foil edges and superlatively illustrated by Angharad Morgaine Crossley. It is a book to treasure.