Lauren Roberts

24th August 2025


If fantasy worlds and forbidden romance are your thing – and let’s face it, they’re everyone’s thing – then Lauren Roberts needs no introduction. With the titanic Powerless trilogy, Roberts brought millions of readers into the kingdom of Ilya, where the Elites reign and the Ordinary are pursued and punished. Fighting for her life in the Purging Trials, and with her feelings for one of Ilya’s princes, Paedyn Gray is a heroine for the ages, and Roberts one of the brightest stars in the romantasy universe.

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#Upcoming events

Kaliane Bradley: The Ministry of Time

The Old Museum

Alan Hollinghurst: Our Evenings

The Old Museum

Ian Rankin: Midnight and Blue

The Old Museum

Esther Freud: My Sister and Other Lovers

Powerhouse Theatre

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