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Join us as we celebrate the publishing of Kim Curran's 'The Morrigan' an electric retelling of Ireland's mythic goddess of war and discuss the process of retelling mythology...

Kim will be interviewed by writer Bea Fitzgerald followed by a QnA with the audience!

 

About The Morrigan:

They called me The Morrigan. I was magnificent. I was multitudes.

They twisted my story, stripped me away. But I will tell it now in my own voice.

It begins, as all the best stories do, in darkness.

From an ancient, storm-tossed sea, a tribe of gods reach the rocky shores of Ireland.

Among them, a strange, hungry, red-haired girl. A girl who can change shape, from bird to beast to goddess. A girl who dreams of battle, of blood, of death and power.

She does not know yet that a woman who seeks to rule will always be in danger – or that there are far more treacherous figures in this land than the gods who raised her.

She does not know that one day love will burn so deep in her heart that its scars will never heal. That she will know pain so raw and pure it will almost tear her apart.

She does not know that her journey will take a thousand years. That her name will be remembered for a thousand more.

She is The Morrigan, and she is waiting: a girl with rage coiled in her chest. Beautiful, powerful, ravenous rage. A rage that will live forever.

An electric debut retelling of Ireland's mythic goddess of war, from a bold and powerful new voice.

 

Praise for The Morrigan:

'Thrilling and bloody from first page to last, this is an extraordinary portrait of a goddess, a warrior, a woman. Welcome to a stunning new voice in literary fiction - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls

'Like Madeline Miller, Curran has taken centuries of Irish legend and harnessed a powerful retelling for modern readers. A timely feminist battle cry with pitch perfect writing' - Juno Dawson

'Breathtaking in scope, blistering in truth,The Morriganis abeautifully dark tale of rage, power and love. Razor-sharp, profound and intensely moving, this is more than a retelling. Kim Curran's writing is lyrical, brutal and sublime -a stunning story of sisterhoodas relevant today as it has ever been. I adored it' - Miranda Dickinson

 

About Kim Curran:

Kim Curran was born in Dublin and grew up in London. She holds a degree in Philosophy and Literature from Sussex University and is a freelance Creative Director and Royal Literary Fund Fellow. The Morrigan is her debut adult novel.

 

About Bea Fitzgerald:

Bea Fitzgerald is a Sunday Times bestselling author and content creator who has swiftly become one of the UK's biggest YA stars. Her bestselling debutGirl, Goddess, Queenwas shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and won the Romantic Novelists' Association Fantasy Romance of the Year. Her work has been translated widely across the globe. When she's not writing, she's entertaining her followers on TikTok and Instagram with her mythology-themed comedy account @chaosonolympus.