Samantha Shannon: The Bone Season

Wed 22 May 2024

The Old Museum

Special Event

#Performances

#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

2:30pm, Wednesday 22 May 2024
Concert Hall, Old Museum Brisbane
480 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills QLD

In 2013, Samantha Shannon's debut novel The Bone Season became an instant sensation. The first in a trailblazing seven-book series, it's an exhilarating blend of dystopian sci-fi and high fantasy that's rich with indelible world-building and unforgettable characters. Join Shannon as she celebrates the tenth-anniversary edition of this remarkable novel and reflects on its enduring success.

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#Artists

Samantha Shannon

Samantha Shannon is the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Roots of Chaos series. Her work has been translated into twenty-six languages. She lives in London.

Kim Wilkins

Kim Wilkins is a professor of writing and publishing at the University of Queensland, and has researched extensively on popular genres and fantasy fiction. She is also the author of more than thirty novels, both under her own name and under her pseudonym Kimberley Freeman, and is translated into more than twenty languages. She has most recently researched the uses of speculative fiction for technology foresight, including working with CSIRO, the Department of Defence, and CERN.