Please note that Dan Hanks is no longer able to join us for this event.
What makes a hero?
In the world of C.F. Barrington’s The Pantheon series, The Games are the biggest underground event in the world, followed by millions online. New recruits must leave behind their twenty-first century lives and vie for dominance in a gruelling battle to the death, armed only with ancient weapons - and their wits.Tyler Maitland and Lana Cameron have their own reasons for signing up. Now they must risk their lives and join the ranks of the seven ancient warrior teams that inhabit this illicit world. Their journey will be more extraordinary and horrifying than anything they could have dreamed, testing them to breaking point.
Being a childhood hero isn’t at all like in the movies for Cisco Collins in Dan Hank’s new book Swashbucklers. When Cisco returns to his home town thirty years after saving it from being swallowed by a hell mouth opened by an ancient pirate ghost, he realises nobody remembers the heroic bits - not even the friends who once fought alongside him. When people begin to die in bizarre ways, Cisco must convince his friends to once again help him save the day - aided by a talking fox, an enchanted forest and some 80s video game consoles turned into weapons.
In The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning, Jack Corman has lived his life in the shadow of his father’s failure. Back in the eighties, Bob Cormac poured his heart and soul into the creation of his puppet fantasy The Shadow Glass. But the film flopped, and Bob became a laughing stock, losing himself to booze and self-pity. Returning to his decaying home in the wake of Bob's death, Jack suddenly finds himself in a desperate real-world quest to save London from the more nefarious of his father's creations.
Chaired by Shona Kinsella
About the event
Running time: 60 minutes
Venue: Pleasance Theatre
Price: £10/£8 concession - In Person - or £6/£4 concession - Live Stream - (plus 50p booking fee)
This event takes place in person and is broadcast via live stream.
About the authors
Dan Hanks is an author based in the rolling green hills of the Peak District with my two kids and fluffy sidekicks Indy and Maverick. He is also one of the co-founders of the OcTBR Challenge, and write books, screenplays and comics when he's not at work or wasting time on Twitter.
Follow Dan Hanks on Twitter @dan_hanks or visit his website.
Josh Winning is a nostalgia nut, book/film lover and author of The Shadow Glass, which is perfect for fans of Henson Company puppet classics Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, and The NeverEnding Story. He is senior film writer at Radio Times, contributing editor at Total Film magazine, writer at SFX and Den of Geek, and the co-host of movie podcast Torn Stubs. He has been on set with Kermit the Frog (and Miss Piggy), devoured breakfast with zombies on The Walking Dead, and sat on the Iron Throne on the Dublin set of Game of Thrones.
Follow Josh Winning on Twitter @JoshWinning or visit his website.
C F Barrington spent twenty years intending to write a novel, but found life kept getting in the way. Instead, his career has been in major gift fundraising, leading teams in organisations as varied as the RSPB, Oxford University and the National Trust. In 2015, when his role as Head of Communications at Edinburgh Zoo meant a third year of fielding endless media enquires about the possible birth of a baby panda, he finall retreated to a quiet desk and got down to writing. Raised in Hertfordshire and educated at Oxford, he now divides his time between Fife and the Lake District.
Follow Chris Barrington on Twitter @barrington_cf or visit his website.