About the event

This session explores the different ways authors tell stories. Chris Baldie's comic Rolled A One explores the great power of storytelling, and of a good throw of the dice. Barbara Stevenson's debut collection Where the Ocean meets the Sky invites you to join her on a different kind of quest –have you packed an extra pair of socks?

About the speakers

Barbara Stevenson has a background in veterinary medicine and, subsequently, animals feature in many of her stories – some with outspoken things to say about humans. She studied creative writing as part of an Open University BA(Hons) degree and has had a novel and several short stories published. In 2014, her humorous sketch "Commonwealth Conundrum", about Martians trying to join the Commonwealth, was performed at the Tron Theatre, in Glasgow. In 2016, she won the Scottish Association of Writers’ Livingstone scholarship trophy and the Castles in the Air trophy for a short story in the fantasy genre. She lives in Orkney, where she finds inspiration for her writing.

Chris Baldie is a full-time writer, illustrator, and designer living in Glasgow, Scotland. He has been making comics for over ten years and his most recent, Rolled a One, was acquired for international distribution by Scottish publisher Black Hearted Press and won a SICBA award for best artist.

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