Thu 26 Oct
|Taliesin Create
'Vulcana' Rebecca F. John in conversation with Elaine Canning
Discover Vulcana the new novel from Rebecca F. John
Time & Location
26 Oct 2023, 18:00 – 19:00
Taliesin Create, Singleton Park, University, Sketty, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
About the event
THIS IS AN EXTERNAL EVENT RUN BY THE LITERARY SALON HELD
TICKETS FREE - Available here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/cultural-institute/events/literary-salon-series/#thursday-26-october-book-launch-vulcana-rebecca-f-john-in-conversation-with-elaine-canning=is-expanded
LOCATION: Taliesin Create, Singleton Campus, Swansea University, SA2 8PP
On a stormy winter’s night, 1892, Kate Williams, a Baptist Minister’s daughter, leaves her small Welsh hometown of Abergavenny and sets out for London with nothing more than a travel case and a wild plan: she is going to become a strongwoman.
But it is not only her ambition she is chasing. William Roberts, twelve years her senior and the leader of a troupe of strong men and women, has captured her imagination and her heart. In London, William reinvents Kate as ‘Vulcana – Most Beautiful Woman on Earth’, and himself as ‘Atlas’. Soon they are travelling around Britain and beyond, performing in theatres in France, Australia, Algiers.
As Vulcana’s star rises, however, so Altas’ fades, and Kate finds herself holding together both a…