Ghosts and Ghouls, Magic and Murder
Frances Hardinge
Sunday, 6 April 2025
10:00am
1 hour
Department for Continuing Education: Lecture Theatre
£8
Join Frances Hardinge to explore her latest titles and all the fascinating facets of her award winning, bestselling books. From ghosts and ghouls to magic and murder, this is a not-to-be-missed chance to see one of the country’s most exciting writers.
Hardinge won Costa Book of the Year for The Lie Tree and the Branford Boase First Novel Award for her first children’s novel, Fly by Night. Her latest is The Forest of a Thousand Eyes, the story of a young girl’s journey through a natural world intent on her destruction.
Age 9+
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