An Evening with Kat Dunn at Waterstones Cambridge

Join author Kat Dunn as she celebrates the publication of her debut adult novel Hungerstone – a brilliant feminist vampire novel about appetite and desire. Hungerstone is a reclaiming of the lesbian vampire trope and a beautifully atmospheric, feminist re-telling of the tale which inspired Dracula: Carmilla. Set in the 19th century in the violent wilderness of the Peak District, against a backdrop of the uncontrolled appetite of the industrial revolution.

Dunn will be in conversation with fantasy YA novelist Holly Race. Book signing to follow.

Kat Dunn grew up in London and has lived in Japan, Australia and France. She has a BA in Japanese from SOAS and an MA in English from Warwick. She's written about mental health for Mind and the Guardian, and worked as a translator for Japanese television. Her YA novel Bitterhorn was shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards and nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing.

Holly Race is now a full-time writer, but she used to work in TV and film script development, for companies like Red Planet Pictures, Aardman Animations and Working Title. She is a Faber Academy graduate, and her Young Adult urban fantasy trilogy – Midnight’s Twins, A Gathering Midnight and A Midnight Dark and Golden – are published by Hot Key Books. Her next novel Six Wild Crowns is an historical fantasy retelling of the six wives of Henry VIII, due out in May 2025.

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