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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 Lucy Ayrton
Join Laura Jean McKay in conversation with Lucy Ayrton (Things We Lose in the Waves) on Friday 27th October from 6pm.
For more information and to book your tickets, 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…
