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See storytelling masters Guy Gavriel Kay and Susanna Kearsley for an event on their latest historical fiction novels – with a bit of magic. Kay, renowned for blending history and fantasy, shares Written on the Dark, a novel that explores the delicate space between myth and memory, the intimate and the epic. Kearsley presents The King’s Messenger, a gripping tale of intrigue and loyalty, where political tension and personal duty collide in a richly detailed historical world. Together, these authors will read from their new works and discuss the power of story to illuminate the past while speaking to our present.

Moderated by Trevor Campbell

Written on the Dark

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The King’s Messenger

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Guy Gavriel Kay

Guy Gavriel Kay is the international bestselling author of fifteen previous novels, including the Fionavar Tapestry series, Tigana, The Last Light of the Sun, Under Heaven, River of Stars, Children of Earth and Sky, and A Brightness Long Ago. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in the literature of the fantastic and won the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel in 2008.

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Susanna Kearsley

New York Times, USA TODAY, and Globe and Mail bestselling author Susanna Kearsley is a former museum curator who loves restoring the lost voices of real people to the page, often in twin-stranded stories that interweave present and past. Her award-winning novels are published in translation in more than twenty-five countries.

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