Debuts And Mocktails on Sat 9th Oct 2021 12:45pm - 1:45pm at Cheltenham Town Hall, Pillar Room.

£10 *plus booking fee. Ticket includes a mocktail on arrival.

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Recommended for 13+ and young adults

Online creator at Booksandquills and Young Adult Book Prize judge Sanne Vliegenthart (Book Club Journal) presents three top 2021 YA debut novelists: Natasha Bowen author of Skin of the Sea, an epic love story infused with West African mythology; Harry Potter illustrator Jason Cockcroft and his illustrated, tense, atmospheric tale We Were Wolves; Caroline O’Donoghue with her dark, supernatural story All Our Hidden Gifts. Join the book chat with this talented trio and find out what appeals to them about writing YA, their different creative processes, and their paths to being published. Pose your own questions to our panel too.