Day of appearance – Saturday
Marvellous Michael Anson has been writing for over a decade and has self-published a thriller, His Dark Reflection, to critical acclaim. She was shortlisted for the Future Worlds Prize in 2023, the 2022 Jericho Writers Friday Night Live Competition and the 2022 Kit De Waal Bursary, was longlisted for the 2023 REVPIT competition, and won the 2023 Jericho Writers’ Self Edit Course Bursary. In addition, Marve is a filmmaker who wrote and produced an award-winning short film in 2016 and is a recipient of the 2017 AFRIFF Film School Scholarship Program. She is a member of the Society of Authors, the World Science Fiction Society and the British Fantasy Society. She is a mentor for Black Girl Writers. Firstborn of the Sun is her debut fantasy novel.
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Panel information – “Take a look and you’ll see, Into your imagination” – Willy Wonka
The world around us is familiar but what goes into creating the environments we visit across the pages of our favourite YA books? This will be one of the discussion points amongst our guests in this much anticipated world building panel.
Alwyn Hamilton – Chair, Amber Hamilton, Jay McGuiness, Marvellous Michael Anson, Rosaria Munda