History hides many a tale, and some are more powerful than others.
A powerful romantic fantasy, Aliette de Bodard’s Fireheart Tiger sees Thanh, a quiet, thoughtful princess, come face to face with her powerful first love, who knows exactly what she wants.
In fourteenth-century China, Zhu Chongba, the peasant rebel in Shelley Parker-Chan’s She Who Became the Sun, is forced to take her dead brother's identity to somehow escape rebellion – but can she escape her fate written in the stars?
Chaired by Eliza Chan
About the event
Running time: 60 minutes
Price: £6/£4 concession (plus 50p booking fee)
This event is live on Zoom.
About the authors
Shelley Parker-Chan is an Asian-Australian former diplomat and international development adviser who spent nearly a decade working on human rights, gender equality and LGBT rights in Southeast Asia. Named after the Romantic poet, she was raised on a steady diet of Greek myths, Arthurian legend and Chinese tales of suffering and tragic romance. Her debut novel She Who Became the Sun owes more than a little to all three. She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her family.
Follow Shelley Parker-Chan on Twitter @shelleypchan or visit her website.
Aliette de Bodard writes speculative fiction: she has won three Nebula Awards, an Ignyte Award, a Locus Award and four British Science Fiction Association Awards. Her most recent book is Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances, a fantasy of manners and murders set in an alternate 19th Century Vietnamese court. She lives in Paris.
Follow Aliette de Bodard on Twitter @aliettedb or visit her website.