An Evening with Holly Black – In Association with Waterstones.

The Sunday Times bestselling author Holly Black returns with Book of Night, her debut dark adult fantasy novel set in the shadowy thieves and secret societies, in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus.

Holly will be in conversation with V. E. Schwab (Glasgow) and R. F. Kuang (Birmingham).

Holly will be discussing her new book and taking questions from the audience.

‘Dark, strange, thick with mystery and twists―Book of Night is everything delicious and frightening I’ve come to expect from Holly Black. It’s a story so believable in its magic, you’ll be keeping one eye on your shadow as you turn the pages.’

–Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House

Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn’t pick, a book she couldn’t steal, or a bad decision she wouldn’t make.

She’s spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie Hall.

Now, she’s trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but getting out isn’t easy. Bartending at a dive, she’s still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not to mention that her sister Posey is desperate for magic, and that Charlie’s shadowless, and possibly soulless, boyfriend has been hiding things from her. When a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie descends into a maelstrom of murder and lies.

Determined to survive, she’s up against a cast of doppelgangers, mercurial billionaires, gloamists, and the people she loves best in the world – all trying to steal a secret that will give them vast and terrible power

Please note: Holly will be unable to sign books live after the event, however, Holly will pre-sign copies of Book of Night included with tickets, and there will be an option for you to add a personal name dedication on completion of purchasing a ticket.

Show Entry + Exclusive edition copy Book of Night & pin badge tickets can be purchased from Waterstones.

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