Day of appearance – Saturday
Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet, playwright, illustrator and actor who has the attention of 750,000 Instagram followers worldwide for her work. Her work offers a shift of perspective which centres women in both Greek and Hindu myth as well as folklore. She has given a TEDx Talk, spoken at every major literary festival in the UK and been shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Award in poetry three times, the Children’s Poetry Award two times and longlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Gill has written seven poetry collections and two verse novels.
Current Release
“The early Greek mythologists transformed a world full of fear into a world full of beauty” – Edith Hamilton.
We have heard of Pandora and her box, Achilles and his ankle and Medusa and her hairdo, but how much do you really know? Join our panellists as they revisit the great Greek myths and retell them in modern and new stories for today’s YA audiences.