Lucy Ribchester & Care Santos: From Trapeze Artists to Truffles
Wednesday 26 Aug // 2pm - 3pm  
Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre   £7.00, £5.00

Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award Nominee series of events. Supported by Acción Cultural Española & the Word Alliance.

Alma Books published the English translation of Care Santos' Catalan novel 'Desire for chocolate' in 2015 with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull.

About Desire for Chocolate: 

'Three women, three centuries and the same porcelain chocolate pot: Sara, the scion of a dynasty of chocolatiers from Barcelona, who prides herself on maintaining the family tradition; Aurora, the daughter of a nineteenth-century maidservant, for whom chocolate is a forbidden luxury; Mariana, the wife of a famous seventeenth-century chocolate manufacturer, an official purveyor to the French court and the inventor of a revolutionary chocolate mill.

In Desire for Chocolate, Care Santos takes us on a spellbinding journey, masterfully juxtaposing the destinies of her protagonists, chronicling the history of our favourite confection and exploring Europe’s changing social norms. Luscious and addictive, this novel will delight the reader’s senses from start to finish.' Alma Books

Care Santos studied Law before devoting herself to writing full-time. She is the multi-award-winning author of many children’s books and several novels, the last one of which is Desire for Chocolate, winner of the prestigious Ramón Llull Prize in 2014. Her work has been translated into over fifteen languages. 

Care Santos will also take part in a literature talk at the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester on 15 October and at the Oldham Library on 17 October. Events organised by the Instituto Cervantes Manchester.