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Laura Jean McKay
Laura Jean McKay is the author of The Animals in That Country (Scribe,…
DiscoverLaura Jean McKay in conversation with Gregory Norminton
Blackwell's are delighted to be welcoming Laura Jean McKay to Manchester for the launch of Gunflower - her new collection which is full of strange and funny stories, some speculative and some more realist, that explore our relationship with nature, the environment, and each other. Laura will be in conversation with Gregory Norminton.
Doors open at 6:30pm and the event will start at 6:45pm.
Tickets are £3.00 or free when pre-ordering a copy of the book. Gunflower will also be available to purchase on the night and Laura will be signing copies after the talk.
For more informationa and to book your ticket, please visit the event website here.
Gunflower
A Guardian Best Fiction Book of 2023
The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award—winning author of The Animals in That Country.
A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A support group finds solace in a world without men.
With her trademark humour, energy, and flair, McKay offers glimpses of places where dreams subsume reality, where childhood restarts, where humans embrace their animal selves and animals talk like humans.
The stories in Gunflower explode and…
