Presented with the support of HarperCollins Canada.
Bestselling literary superstar R. F. Kuang joins us for one night only on the Vancouver stop of her Katabasis tour!
Hot off the trail of her 2023 novel, Yellowface—an instant New York Times bestseller which has now been optioned by Lionsgate TV—Katabasis is a dark academia fantasy in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul—perhaps at the cost of their own.
With nothing but the tales of Orpheus and Dante to guide them, enough chalk to draw the Pentagrams necessary for their spells, and the burning desire to make all their academic trauma mean anything, rivals Alice Law and Peter Murdoch must set off across Hell to save a man they don’t even like: their thesis advisor, Professor Jacob Grimes.
Get your signed copy of this coveted new release. The cost of the ticket and book bundle includes:
- One (1) pre-signed deluxe limited edition copy of Katabasis.
- A custom Canadian tour stamp (available at a table in the lobby; stamp your copy of Katabasis or other R.F. Kuang books!)
The author of Babel and The Poppy War trilogy joins us for an enchanting evening of conversation with Michelle Cyca, and audience Q+A, at the Granville Island Stage (1585 Johnston St) on September 13.
A limited number of admission-only tickets (no book included) are available for those who face financial barriers and would like to request an accessibly priced ticket for this event. Contact boxoffice@writersfest.bc.ca to purchase.
Participants and Speakers
R. F. Kuang
REBECCA F. KUANG is a Marshall Scholar, translator, and the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award nominated author of the Poppy War trilogy and the #1 New York Times bestselling Babel. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.