About the event

Meet three contemporary authors mining the rich stories of our pasts to create new mythologies for our times: In Elizabeth Priest's Troutespond Series, a group of inquisitive teenagers find themselves face to face with fairies, demons and goblins – and they should really be preparing for their A-Levels instead!

Drawing from Norse Mythology, Francesca Noto's novel Sons of Storm tells the story of Nathaniel and Winter, two boys who could not be more different. Thrown together and stuck in a wild and ancient past, they will need all their powers, and the special bond developing between them, to survive and find a way back home.

In Holly Race's debut novel Midnight's Twins, fifteen-year-old Londoner Fern is drawn into Annwn, a dream mirror of our world, a place where your nightmares are the least of your worries.

Chaired by Sarah Broadley

About the speakers

Francesca Noto is a journalist, editor and book translator who has had a passion for writing since she was a young girl. She also has a PhD in Archaeology from Rome University “Tor Vergata”. She is the author of three urban fantasy novels, published in Italy by Astro Edizioni, winning the International Montefiore Award in 2016 with the first of them, Il segno della tempesta. She lives in Rome with her husband Marco, her two daughters Mila and Giorgia, and two crazy chinchillas.

Holly Race worked in television drama as a Script Editor and Development Executive before deciding to focus on her own writing. She was selected for the Faber Academy novel writing course, where she wrote her young adult debut novel Midnight’s Twins. She has developed and written an original Tv pilot, ‘The Wishes’ and is currently working on new series ideas along with writing the second book in her YA trilogy.

Find out more about Elizabeth Priest, Francesca Noto and Holly Race!