Aldinga Library will host award-winning British novelist Jane Rogers on Saturday 18 January. Rogers’ new book Body Tourists will be the hot topic of conversation at the Meet the Author event.

Body Tourists is set in a dystopian future where the wealthy elderly can digitally store their memories into youthful volunteers. Through speculative fiction, Rogers explores pressing moral questions of our times like gender, class, race, mortality and the ethics of human artificial intelligence.

In an interview with Sci-Fi Bulletin she says: “I see we live in a world which has been pretty much used by older people and that younger people are getting a very raw deal. My grandchildren will live in world that I fear will be inferior to the one I grew up in and I was looking for an idea that would explore that. The last thing that the old can take from the young is youth.”

The elixir of youth may be tempting for her characters, but what is the cost?

Rogers has published ten novels, a collection of short stories, and has worked as a lecturer, editor, and scriptwriter for TV and radio. Her historical fiction Mr Wroe’s Virgins was adapted into a BAFTA-nominated TV drama for the BBC. Her first speculative fiction novel, The Testament of Jesse Lamb, was long listed for the prestigious ManBooker prize and won the Arthur C Clarke Award.

Don’t miss the chance to engage with this accomplished international author. This is a free event but bookings through Eventbrite are essential.

MEET THE AUTHOR: Jane Rogers, Body Tourists

Aldinga Library, 11 Central Way, Aldinga Beach

Saturday 18 January, 10.30am to 12noon