Step into the darkly imaginative world of R.F. Kuang – the trailblazing talent redefining contemporary fiction.

R. F. Kuang is the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Babel and global phenomenon Yellowface. Now, she returns with Katabasis – an audacious, genre-bending tale that takes readers to Hell and back.

Join us in Penarth for an intimate evening with one of the most exciting voices in modern literature as R.F. Kuang will be in conversation with our event chair to discuss her dazzling new novel, before taking questions from the audience.

Katabasis:
'Katabasis', noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld.

Graduate student Alice Law has one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick. But the only person who can make that happen is dead – and inconveniently, in Hell. Alongside her rival, Peter Murdoch, Alice sets out on a perilous journey to retrieve him. Yet Hell isn’t what the philosophers claimed. Its rules are upside-down, its dangers unpredictable, and the greatest threat may be each other.

A darkly funny and fiercely original descent into ambition, obsession, and unexpected love, 'Katabasis is one of 2025’s most anticipated novels.

R. F. Kuang is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Babel and global phenomenon Yellowface. She has become one of the most acclaimed voices of her generation. Winner of Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards (twice), and honoured with accolades from Blackwell’s, Foyles, Amazon and the Nebula, Locus, Crawford and British Book Awards, she has achieved all this before the age of 30.

Every £30 ticket purchased (which includes a SIGNED copy of Katabasis) will also receive a limited edition tote bag and pin badge.

Monday 8 December | 7.30 pm
The Paget Rooms, Penarth
Tickets: £30.00 includes a SIGNED hardback copy of Katabasis (RRP: £22.00)*** PLUS tote and pin badge / £15.00 Event Only** / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket**

IMPORTANT: All books will be pre-signed; R.F. Kuang will not be signing in person or adding dedications at the event.

PLEASE NOTE:
* This event is suitable for attendees aged 14+
** There are a limited number of Event Only and Inclusive tickets available for this event.
*** Any book not collected at the event will be held at Griffin Books for three months after the date of the event.

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