Free Word Centre Charity Book Event
On Thursday 3 March 2016, Laura Devine Solicitors hosted a book reading event with Elif Shafak, Turkey’s most read woman writer and an award winning novelist.
Elif gave a reading from her highly acclaimed novel ‘The Architect’s Apprentice’.
Thanks to the generosity of those who attended, we raised a total of £600 for Free Word Centre.
Elif is an author for Free Word Centre, an international charity dedicated to literature, literacy and free expression.
Find out more about the Free Word Centre and their work here.

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