Mystical and Mythical Resets

Sun 2 Jun 2024

Shelley Parker-Chan + Naomi Novik + Kathleen Jennings

The Edge Auditorium, slq

Regular Program

1145

#Performances

#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

Ancient tales are given modern twists in the hands of these enchanting authors, who draw upon mythic pasts to break new ground in genre writing. Imagining the what-ifs of history, these books place us in conversation with the past.

Event update: unfortunately C.S. Pacat is no longer able to attend the festival, however this panel will still go ahead with Naomi Novik, Shelley Parker-Chan and Kathleen Jennings.

#Artists

Shelley Parker-Chan

Shelley Parker-Chan is an Asian Australian former international development adviser who worked on human rights, gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights in Southeast Asia. Their historical fantasy novels set in imperial China were Sunday Times and USA Today bestsellers and have been translated into 15 languages. Parker-Chan is a previous winner of the Astounding Award for Best Debut, and the British Fantasy Awards for Best Fantasy Novel and Best Newcomer. They live in Melbourne, Australia.

Naomi Novik

Naomi Novik is the New York Times bestselling author of The Scholomance series, the award-winning novels Uprooted and Spinning Silver, and the nine-volume Temeraire series. She is a founder of the Organization for Transformative Works and the Archive of Our Own. Her upcoming anthology Buried Deep and Other Stories will be available September 2024.

Kathleen Jennings

Kathleen Jennings is a British Fantasy Award-winning author of Australian Gothic and folk- and fairy-tale-inspired fiction, and a World Fantasy Award-winning illustrator of fantasy and fairy tales, based in Brisbane. Her debut short story collection Kindling, published by Small Beer Press in 2024, follows her 2020 novel Flyaway and poetry collection Travelogues: Vignettes from Trains in Motion. She is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Queensland, researching methods of creative observation.