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Hekate with Nikita Gill, in conversation with Natasha Pulley
18 September @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Mr B’s are thrilled to welcome bestselling and beloved poet, Nikita Gill, to Bath for a magical evening in celebration of her highly anticipated new book, Hekate.
Hekate is a propulsive, electrifying and enraging retelling in verse of the life of Hekate, a child of war turned all-powerful goddess of witchcraft, necromancy and crossroads.
Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet, playwright, illustrator and actor who has the attention of over 800,000 Instagram followers worldwide for her work. Her work offers a shift of perspective which centres women in both Greek and Hindu myth as well as folklore. She has written seven poetry collections and two verse novels, including Fierce Fairytales, and Great Goddesses: Life lessons from myths and monsters.
Nikita will be in conversation with Natasha Pulley, bestselling novelist of many Mr B’s faves including The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, The Mars House, and her latest novel, The Hymn to Dionysus.
About the book:
Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents find themselves on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and the new Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Meanwhile, Asteria is pursued across the world by Zeus and Poseidon and, to escape their clutches, transforms herself into an island in a stormy sea.
Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in the land of the dead.
When she finally uncovers her powers and ascends to Goddess status, she realises that even the most powerful Olympians are terrified of her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy everything from Mount Olympus to the Underworld itself, the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy is the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end…
‘A vivid and imaginatively wrought divine world that is monstrous, magical and beautiful’ JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author of Hera and Ariadne
‘Wholly original, incandescent… This poem is pure magic’ ELODIE HARPER, bestselling author of The Wolf Den trilogy
‘A powerful reflection on magic, power, family and the consequences of war. I absolutely loved it’ COSTANZA CASATI, bestselling author of Clytemnestra
