About the event

What makes us Human? Authors Adrian J. Walker and Stephen Cox explore this age-old question in their new books. In Our Child of the Stars Stephen Cox, Molly and Gene Myers’ marriage is on the brink of collapse. Then a child arrives, with a remarkable appearance – an orphan who needs a mother. Will he bring them together, or tear their whole world apart? In The Human Son by Adrian J Walker, the Erta have saved the dying Earth by removing humans from its surface. To decide if humans should inherit the Earth again, they want to raise one child. But how much is there to raising a human and humanity’s history?

Chaired by Anna McFarlane

About the speakers

Adrian J Walker is an author of speculative fiction who writes about the end of the world, crippled hitmen and foul-mouthed dogs. His debut novel, The End of The World Running Club, became an international bestseller and was featured on BBC Radio 2s Book Club, with Simon Mayo. His next novel is The Human Son.

Stephen Cox’s Our Child of the Stars began as a short story he wrote for Halloween in 2013. He is interested in strong, believable characters and their relationships and likes writing to have hope and humour and to recognise the dark and unfair side of life.

Find out more about Adrian J Walker and Stephen Cox!