Three powerful visions of the future—part myth, part warning, and wholly unforgettable. These authors explore war, loss, memory, and what comes after the end.
In Helen Marshall’s The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death, Sara Sidorova lies dying during an endless war and is given a glimpse of the future by Amba, the tiger god who devours creation. Years later, her granddaughter Irenda joins a dangerous circus where glamour conceals brutality and revenge simmers beneath the surface. Dark magic, deception, and a decades-old hunger for justice drive this haunting tale of survival and power.
Lorraine Wilson’s We Are All Ghosts in the Forest follows Katerina, a former photojournalist now living on the edge of a forest in a post-internet world haunted by digital ghosts. When a mysterious boy arrives, Katerina is forced to flee into the forest in search of answers—and a cure for the strange digital disease that stalks them both. As past and present blur, trust becomes as vital as survival.
Marian Womack’s Out of the Window, Into the Dark is a genre-blending collection that travels from library-planets and Arctic voyages to futures shaped by nostalgia, extinction, and eco-crisis. With stories full of loneliness, memory, and longing, Womack reflects on how the past and future are intertwined—and how our choices echo far beyond the moment.
About the event
Running time: 55 minutes
Venue: Upper Hall
Price: £11/£8 concession - In Person - or £5.50 Live Stream - (plus 50p booking fee)
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