R F Kuang: Someone Else's Story

After the stratospheric success of her dark academic fantasy novel Babel, R F Kuang has elegantly pivoted genre to literary thriller. June, an aspiring author, steals her dead friend’s manuscript and publishes it to rave acclaim. When threatened with exposure, June will go to any length to keep her secret. Join the New York Times bestselling author as she discusses Yellowface, a rollicking satire that skewers the publishing industry, Twitter discourse, and co opted identity politics. In conversation with Nyla Ahmad.

Categories: Crime/Thriller, Fiction, Humour/Satire, The Internet/Social Media, Writing/Publishing

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Transatlantic Encounters

Transatlantic Encounters at the Edinburgh International Book Festival will feature a stellar line up of American and US-based authors – highlighting the diversity of thought and creativity of the United States. Reflecting on a range of literary work, each author will offer a unique and free-thinking perspective on what it means to be a citizen in the United States, how their work reflects their lived experience of America, and their relationship to the rest of the world…