A local author who lives in the Vale of Glamorgan will be visiting Cowbridge Library on July 19 to introduce her debut novel. 

Sophie Buchaillard will be discussing This Is Not Who We Are, released in June, about two women – Iris, a French girl, growing up in Paris, and Victoria, a Rwandan refugee in the camp of Goma, Zaïre, and their friendship that reached across continents and decades.   

Sophie told Cowbridge Nub News: "I am delighted to have my first library event on July 19. 

"Libraries have a special place in my heart as my own local library infused a love of reading to me as a child and I am certain I would not have become a writer without it.  

"I look forward to welcoming everyone to come and hear me talk about my debut novel and the journey that led to its publication." 

Paris-born Sophie has lived in Bordeaux, Salamanca, the US and London, before settling in South Wales in 2001. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Wales Arts Review, The Friday Poem, Murmurations Magazine, the Other Side of Hope and Square Wheel Press.   

The event at Cowbridge Library is free and starts at 19:00.  

To reserve your place, call the library staff on 01446 773941.