Fantasy Worlds: A Day of Talks

Rebecca F. Kuang in conversation

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Fantasy Worlds: A Day of Talks
Rebecca F. Kuang in conversation

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The award-winning author of The Poppy War trilogy, Babel and Yellowface in conversation with Saara El-Arifi

Rebecca F Kuang’s Babel: An Arcane History, was one of the most acclaimed novels of 2022, of any genre. It was described as ‘A masterpiece that resonates with power and knowledge.. a stark picture of the cruelty of empire, a distillation of dark academia, and a riveting blend of fantasy and historical fiction – a monumental achievement’ (Samantha Shannon). A Sunday Times bestseller, it was named the Bookseller Fiction Book of the Year, a Blackwell’s Fiction Book of the Year and a Waterstones Book of the year finalist. among many awards.

This year has followed it with Yellowface, a thriller set in the world of publishing that tells the tale of two young novelists in Washington DC. Join Rebecca F. Kuang for an exclusive U.K appearance.

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Rebecca F. Kuang

Author

Rebecca F. Kuang is the #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and British Book Awards.

A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford. She is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Sinophone literature, and Asian American literature.

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Saara El-Arifi

Author

Saara El-Arifi is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife and The Battle Drum, the first two installments of The Ending Fire Trilogy inspired by her Ghanaian and Sudanese heritage.

El-Arifi knew she was a storyteller from the moment she told her first lie. Over the years, she has perfected her tall tales into epic ones. She has lived in many countries, had many jobs, and owned many more cats. After a decade of working in marketing and communications, she returned to academia to complete a master’s degree in African studies alongside her writing career. She currently resides in London as a full-time procrastinator

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