Author Talk with Sam K. Horton

The event will feature a reading from one of Sam’s books, followed by an in‑conversation session and an opportunity for audience Q&A. Refreshments will be available to buy on the night.
Sam is the author of Gorse and Ragwort, both part of The Eythin Series which is a fantasy series set in Cornwall in the 1700s.
Please book one ticket per person attending.
This event is part of the 2026 Redruth Book Feast programme. Celebrate reading with us and Go All In this#NationalYearOfReading2026.
If you book on to the event and then find that you can no longer make it please do cancel your place so we can offer it to someone else. You can cancel your place either via Eventbrite or by emailing [email protected]

Gorse

Cornwall, 1786. For years, the villagers of Mirecoombe have turned to their Keeper, the old and battle-scarred Lord Pelagius Hunt, mediator between the worlds of men and fey, for help. But this is a time of change. Belief in the old ways, in the piskies and spriggans, has dimmed, kindled instead in the Reverend Cleaver’s fiery pulpit. His church stands proud above the mire; God’s name is whispered, hushed, loved. And now, death stalks Mirecoombe on the moor. There are corpses in the heather. There is blood in the gorse. Nancy Bligh is determined to do what Pel will not: maintain the balance between the fey and the human world, be the Keeper that he refuses to be. A poignant and lyrical examination of faith, love and grief, Gorse asks what do we choose to believe, and how does that shape who we are?

Ragwort

A year on from the loss of Lord Pelagius Hunt of Mirecoombe, new Keeper Nancy Bligh is still struggling. She can banish the spirits and keep peace between the spriggans and piskies, but every time Nancy sleeps, she dreams of drowning. She is haunted by loss, and by whispers from all around of The Mother, and Nancy's witchcraft.

As the only witch left, Nancy is eager for any guidance she can have. When she discovers the possibility that her grandmother, the most powerful witch of her time, might still live, she seizes her chance.

Desperate for answers, Nancy journeys across the Cornish wilds to find her grandmother and uncover the secrets of The Mother, before it is too late.

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