Local Voices: Jill Bray, Kelly Priaulx and RJ Verity

Join three Guernsey-based authors as they discuss their captivating debut novels, each illuminating a different corner of history.

In Operation Green Arrow, Kelly Priaulx evokes the courage and heartbreak of wartime Guernsey under German occupation. Jill Bray’s A Brotherly Devotion transports readers to 13th-century Yorkshire, where a brutal murder tests faith, justice and family loyalty. And In Poole of Light, RJ Verity follows one boy’s rise from a Durham mining town to the heights of British cinema. Together, these evocative stories explore resilience, identity and the human spirit across the centuries – an evening celebrating the island’s rich literary talent and the enduring power of historical storytelling.

Chaired by Nick Le Messurier.