In conversation with Amy Jeffs, best-selling author and illustrator of 'Storyland' and 'Wild'

Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies are thrilled to host an interview with Sunday Times Bestselling Author of Storyland and Wild, Amy Jeffs.

Dr Amy Jeffs is an author, artist and medievalist. During her PhD in Art History at the University of Cambridge, she co-convened a project researching medieval badges and pilgrim souvenirs at the British Museum. She then worked in the British Library’s department of Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts. Now a Somerset-based author, she illustrates her books with print and paper cutout. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain was published in 2021. It was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Waterstones Book of the Month, as well as being shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain was published in 2022. Its audiobook, illustrated with 7 original songs, was named Audiobook of the Week by the Guardian and the Times.

The interview will conclude with an audience-led Q&A, with the opportunity to purchase copies of Storyland and Wild to be signed by Amy,

Find Amy on Twitter as @amy_historia and on Instagram as @amyjeffs_author and you can listen to her perform songs she has composed inspired by medieval myths on Spotify.

Host or Publisher Centre for Medieval Studies, Bristol