What makes a place a home? And how far would you go to protect yours?
In Composite Creatures by Caroline Hardaker, Norah and Arthur are learning how to co-exist in their new little world. Though they hardly know each other, everything seems to be going perfectly - from the home they're building together to the ring on Norah's finger. But survival in this world is a tricky thing, and the earth is becoming increasingly hostile to live in. Fortunately, Easton Grove is here for that in the form of a perfect little bundle to take home and harvest. You can live for as long as you keep it - or her – close.
Set within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, Aliya Whiteley's Skyward Inn, is a place of safety, where people come together peacefully to tell stories of the time before the war with Qita. But when a visitor comes to the Inn asking for help, they bring reminders of an unnerving past, questioning the true outcome of the war, and Earth's future.
About the event:
Chaired by Cat Hellisen
Running time: 60 minutes
Tickets: £3 / £5 (plus 50p booking fee)
The event will be live on Zoom.
About the authors:
Aliya Whiteley writes across many different genres and lengths. Her first published full-length novels, Three Things About Me and Light Reading, were comic crime adventures. Her 2014 SF-horror novella The Beauty was shortlisted for the James Tiptree and Shirley Jackson awards. The following historical-SF novella, The Arrival of Missives, was a finalist for the Campbell Memorial Award, and her noir novel The Loosening Skin was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award. Her latest publication is Skyward Inn.
Aliyah is on Twitter.
Caroline Hardaker lives in the north east of England and writes quite a lot of things. She earned her BA (English Literature) and MA (Cultural and Heritage Studies) from Newcastle University, and her main problem is limiting herself to one idea at once, or maybe two ideas, or three…. Caroline’s debut novel, Composite Creatures, will be published by Angry Robot in April 2021.
Caroline is on Twitter.
