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'Vulcana' Rebecca F. John in conversation with Elaine Canning
'Vulcana' Rebecca F. John in conversation with Elaine Canning

Thu 26 Oct

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Taliesin Create

'Vulcana' Rebecca F. John in conversation with Elaine Canning

Discover Vulcana the new novel from Rebecca F. John

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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…

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