R F Kuang & Samantha Shannon: The Future of Fantasy

  • Wed 14 Aug 20:30 - 21:30
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R F Kuang & Samantha Shannon: The Future of Fantasy

Two of fantasy fiction’s finest young talents converge in Edinburgh, talking to Caro Clarke about the ways they both love and hope to expand the limits of the genre. R F Kuang author of Yellowface and The Poppy War trilogy talks about Babel, and Samantha Shannon, author of The Bone Season, discusses A Day of Fallen Night, the latest in her Roots of Chaos series. 

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction

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