Hag: Modern folklore and fables

Irenosen Okojie and Emma Glass are coming to Dragon Hall on Thursday 29 October, part of the Norwich Book Festival. They'll be talking about Hag, a collection of dark feminist fables that draws on magic, mermaids and the monsters that haunt the isles. One reviewer called it 'a thoroughly original package that has a hint of Angela Carter', which gives you a fair idea of the territory they're in.

Okojie is an award-winning Nigerian British author. Her novels Curandera and Butterfly Fish and her short story collections Speak Gigantular and Nudibranch have won and been nominated for multiple awards, and she was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature in 2021. She's also the director and founder of the Black to the Future Festival. Glass is a children's nurse based in London; she published her debut novel Peach in 2018 and her third, Mrs Jekyll, in 2024. The conversation will be chaired by Sarvat Hasin, a novelist and dramaturg from Pakistan.

The session is programmed by the National Centre for Writing for the Norwich Book Festival, and it's for ages 16 and over. It runs from 6.30pm to 7.30pm at Dragon Hall, 115-123 King Street, NR1 1QE. Tickets are £12, though it's worth checking the festival site first as it's currently listed as fully booked.