Revealing Secrets in Historical Fiction
Lianne Dillsworth & Kuchenga Shenjé
Sat 18 May 2024
, 20:00
Bringing together two writers who are shining a new light on historical fiction and telling the stories that often remain hidden.
With a spellbinding gothic mystery told through the perspective of a white-passing protagonist in the Victorian era, Kuchenga Shenjé’s The Library Thief explores what being mixed-race meant in Victorian England.
In Lianne Dillsworth’s House of Shades, Doctress Hester Reeves is offered a life-changing commission but she must unearth secrets that have lain hidden for decades.
These stories sing with truth and reconciliation and offer an honest look at the deep and long-lasting trauma of the slave trade and colonialism.
This event will be chaired by Selina Brown.
Selina Brown is an author and CEO and Founder of the Black British Book festival.
