David Whitehouse
Entry
£8 + booking fee
Date
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Time
12–1pm
Location
Foyle Rooms
Turner Contemporary
Join author and screenwriter David Whitehouse and novelist and screenwriter Lisa Owens as they discuss Whitehouse's latest book, Saltwater Mansions, a real life mystery centering on the disappearance of a Margate woman.
David Whitehouse speaks to Lisa Owens about his latest book, Saltwater Mansions. They will discuss the impact of grief and the dangerous allure of taking true crime stories into our own hands. His second work of creative non-fiction, the book blends reportage and memoir to explore the extraordinary hidden lives of ordinary people.
About the authors
David Whitehouse
An award-winning author and screenwriter, David Whitehouse has published three novels. In 2022, he published his first non-fiction title About a Son, telling the story of the senseless murder of 20 year old Morgan Hehir based on diaries written by his father Colin.
Lisa Owens
Lisa Owens is a novelist and screenwriter. Her 2016 debut novel Not Working was a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, and published in fourteen territories. Her second novel, Natural Disaster, will be published by Virago in 2026.
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