Meet the authors who are writing about walking and the landscapes through which we walk, at Walking Writers Salons. We are delighted to welcome writer Sarah Royston for our November Salon, talking about her newly published novella length collection of short stories Fernseed: A Collection of Tales.
Folk-singers harvest the music of the dead. A quarry-pit calls in its debts. On the Old Way you may meet queer dragonslayers, lichen-lovers and Children of the Hum…
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.
Published by The Braag, the collection may appeal to fans of Zoe Gilbert, Daisy Johnson and Julia Armfield.
Sarah Royston’s writing draws inspiration from queer ecologies, plant-lore and the landscapes of southern England. Her work is published in Dark Mountain, The Rumpus and Crow & Cross Keys, among others. She lives in Hertfordshire and works at Anglia Ruskin University.
Walking Writers Salons are hour-long events in which you will get to meet a Walking Writer and learn from them how they weave writing and walking, and how they interpret their surroundings. Each Salon will include a discussion with the author, inviting questions from the audience, and will include a multiple choice quiz in which a winner will receive a prize of Fernseed kindly donated the The Braag.
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Fernseed: A Collection of Tales by Sarah Royston is a novella length collection of short stories. It is 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
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