Judy Blume in conversation with Sinéad Gleeson

Judy Blume has inspired generations of young readers with landmark novels such as Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Superfudge, Just as Long As We’re Together and Forever, books which have sold more than 85 million copies worldwide. In the Unlikely Event, her first adult novel in fifteen years, centres on a series of real-life plane crashes that occurred in late 1951 and early 1952 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where the author grew up. Blume weaves a haunting story of three generations of families, friends and strangers, whose lives are forever changed in the aftermath of the catastrophe. A rare opportunity to hear one of the true legends of the literary world in conversation with Gleeson, a life-long fan of her books. The podcast was recorded in The Pavilion Theatre on Sunday 19 July 2015.