SUNDAY 30 JULY – 11 AM
Panel – Studio 3
Letting 2023 get you down? Kick back and relax with Freja Nicole Woolf (Never Trust a Gemini), Tasha Harrison (The Thing About Lemons) and Cynthia So (If You Still Recognise Me) as they join Charlotte from Wonderfully Bookish in a panel full of YA joy. Soak up the creativity, laughter and romance around the campfire with our authors to celebrate reading for pleasure and remember: the key to happiness is an open book!
About Charlotte Clark
Charlotte Clark (she/they) is an LGBTQ+ book blogger, podcaster, D&D nerd, and school librarian based in Salisbury (but proudly from Wales). She started book blogging almost 10 years ago, and mostly spends her time co-hosting a general knowledge podcast, volunteering for a women-centric film festival and her local museum, and performing in musical theatre productions. She is passionate about LGBTQ+ education and activism – her goal is to help young people feel safe and comfortable with their identity, and for them to have easy access to diverse books and media.
About Cynthia So
Cynthia So was born in Hong Kong and lives in London. Their work has been published in speculative fiction magazines such as Uncanny, Strange Horizons, and Anathema. They are also one of the new voices in Proud, an anthology of LGBTQ+ YA stories, poems, and art by LGBTQ+ creators, published by Stripes in March 2019. When they're not writing, they can often be found at the theatre, entranced by a play or a musical. They're also extremely enthusiastic about board games and tabletop role-playing.
About Freja Nicole Woolf
Freja Nicole Woolf's writing is absolutely not autobiographical. (Except for the bits that are.) She's been writing since school and, at the über-ancient age of twenty-four, she finally wrote her debut, Never Trust a Gemini, as a joyful, romantic alternative to the issue-led LGBTQ+ stories she grew up with. She lives in London and aspires to be a Capricorn. Unfortunately, she's a Pisces.
About Tasha Harrison
Tasha is an author, copywriter and fiction editor, living in Brighton with her husband, children, and extremely greedy Labrador. When not at her laptop, she can be found in the local park, apologising to strangers for her dog’s antics and sheepishly offering them wet wipes. (Eco-friendly ones, of course.)
