Stacey Halls and Susan Stokes Chapman
25 May @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Two outstanding historical fiction writers, Stacey Halls and Susan Stokes-Chapman make a welcome a return to the festival, to discuss their alluring, immersive new novels with writer-in-residence Cathy Rentzenbrink.
There’s something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or darkness? Susan Stokes-Chapman, bestselling author of Pandora conjures the beauty and darkness of 18th-century Wales with her haunting new novel, The Shadow Key.
Set against Charles Dicken’s home for fallen women and inspired by real figures from history, The Household is the most ambitious and captivating novel yet from Stacey Halls, bestselling author of The Familiars, The Foundling and Mrs England.
Praise for The Shadow Key:
‘A haunting, transporting mystery…kept me completely enthralled’ Elodie Harper
‘A gripping, beautifully executed historical thriller, full of arcane magic and Welsh mythology’ Rosie Andrews
Praise for The Household:
‘Stacey halls is a writer of great originality, great imagination, and great sense of place. Atmospheric, intelligent, accessible, every novel is worth reading, then reading again and again’ Kate Mosse
‘Historical fiction at its feminist best’ RED
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