Guess who’s coming for dinner?
In the latest installment in Mark Stay’s The Witches of Woodville series, the Holly King hosting the Yuletide celebrations, and its an invitation that can’t be refused. Meanwhile, in Britain under the New Management, the Prime Minister is an eldritch god of unimaginable power, true Charles Stross style.
Mark Stay is a novelist and screenwriter. His Witches of Woodville series is published by Simon & Schuster, and his new film Unwelcome premiered at the Sitges Festival, and was released by Warner Bros. in 2023. Mark Stay got a part-time Christmas job at Waterstone’s in the nineties (back when it still had an apostrophe) and somehow ended up working in publishing for over 25 years. He would write in his spare time and sometimes those writings would get turned into books and films. Mark was also co-presenter of the Bestseller Experiment podcast, the award-winning podcast* which has inspired writers all over the world to finish and publish their books. Born in London, he lives in Kent with Youtube gardener Claire Burgess and a declining assortment of retired chickens.
Follow Mark x at @markstay and on Instagram @mark.stay
Charles Stross is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. The author of seven Hugo-nominated novels and winner of three Hugo awards for best novella, two of which are part of the Laundry Files series, Stross’s works have been translated into over twelve languages. As the owner of degrees in pharmacy and computer science, he graduated as the world’s only academically qualified cyberpunk writer just as cyberpunk died. Today he describes his job as telling lies for money and tormenting his imaginary friends. Follow his blog at http://www.accelerando.org/
This event will be chaired by Lucy Holland.
About the event
Running time: 55 minutes followed by a book signing
Venue: Upper Hall
Price: £11/£8 concession - In Person - or £5.50 Live Stream - (plus 50p booking fee)
This event takes place in person and is broadcast via live stream.
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