Queer Fantasy
With Tamsyn Muir, V.E. Schwab and Samantha Shannon
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Queer Fantasy
With Tamsyn Muir, V.E. Schwab and Samantha Shannon
This event took place on 23 January 2024
With TJ Klune, Tamsyn Muir, Samantha Shannon and Tasha Suri, in conversation with Mendez
Some of the most intriguing fantasy fiction of recent years has featured queer and gender fluid themes and characters, bringing new levels of both realism and possibility.
The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir began with Gideon the Ninth, described as ‘Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!’ New York Times best selling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune believes it's important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories. Samantha Shannon’s The Priory of the Orange Tree is a feminist retelling of Saint George and the Dragon and Tasha Suri mixes powerful magic and sapphic fantasy in The Burning Kingdoms trilogy.
At this event our writers discuss the rich and compelling worlds they have created, and how their own identity plays into their work. This vibrant and revealing conversation is hosted by Mendez.