The Russian Detective- an Illustrated Talk With Carol Adlam

A stunning detective story from the winner of the World Illustration Award. Part of a project drawing on the work of long-forgotten contemporaries of Dostoevsky.

Join us for an evening with illustrator, writer and researcher Carol Adlam as she takes us into the magical world of Charlie Fox and talks through some of the inventive, historic illustrative techniques employed in her book The Russian Detective.

In this gorgeous reimagining of a nineteenth-century Russian crime thriller from the world of Dostoevsky, Carol Adlam presents Charlie Fox, stunt journalist, magician, liar and thief, who reluctantly returns to her hometown of Nowheregrad to investigate the murder of Elena Ruslanova, daughter of a fabulously wealthy glass manufacturer.

Exquisitely drawn and compellingly told, Adlam’s complex, elegant narrative brings to life the lost legacies of early crime fiction and the first women journalists and detectives.

Carol Adlam writes, draws, makes books, teaches creative writing and illustration, and creates innovative experiential visual and storytelling solutions. Carol’s work brings to light untold, lost, or neglected stories, particularly women’s stories. She’s an Associate Professor of Illustration in the Nottingham School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University as well as sitting on the Board of Writing East Midlands.