Video recording of a Walking Writers’ Salon with Sarah Royston, author of Fernseed: A Collection of Tales, in which she gives us a very good definition for queer ecology!
Fernseed: A Collection of Tales takes a speculative dive into history and the English landscape, from ancient standing stones to crackling pylons, deep holy wells and Victorian industrial run-off. Deeply lyrical, these stories are full of non-human voices, queer characters and the relationships between them. These tale are by turns gentle and sinister, filled with hunger: for escape, for each other, for enchantment.
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