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Author Talk with bestselling author Anna North, author of BOG QUEEN
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Featured Book
Bog Queen: A Novel
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORKER AND ESQUIRE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION SCIENCE + LITERATURE SELECTED TITLE
“Two smart, ambitious women born two millennia apart--a Celtic druid and a forensic scientist--bring unexpected acclaim to one another . . . a strangely beguiling tale that celebrates perseverance, scientific inquiry, environmentalism, progress, and cooperation.” --Christian Science Monitor
When Agnes arrives in the peat bogs of Northern England to study an anthropological marvel--an Iron Age body--she isn't expecting the controversy. Peat-cutters are looking to profit from the bog, activists are demanding it be preserved, scientists are clamoring for the next discovery. And then there is the moss itself: a repository of artifacts, with its own dark stories to tell.
Flashing between post-Brexit England and the druidic order of Celtic Europe, Bog Queen brims with ancient wisdom as it connects across time two gifted, farsighted young women learning to harness their strengths in a landscape more mysterious than either can imagine.
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
About This Event
We are delighted to welcome New York Times bestselling author Anna North to Frederick on Friday, October 16 from 6:00-7:00 pm at Frederick Book Arts Center. Join us to hear about her bestselling novel, Bog Queen, and learn about female empowerment and the impact of politics on the environment, from the Iron Age to post-Brexit England. Anna will be in-conversation with Holly Smith, editor-in-chief of the Washington Independent Review of Books. Following their conversation, Anna will answer questions and sign books. Copies of Bog Queen will be available for purchase at the event.
Location: Frederick Book Arts Center, 127 S. Carroll Street, Frederick, MD 21701
This event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick Book Arts Center for this event.
For accessibility requests, email events@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event.
Featured Author
Anna North
Anna North is the author of America Pacifica, The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, and the instant New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club pick Outlawed. She is a senior correspondent at Vox and lives in Brooklyn.
In Conversation With
Holly Smith
Holly Smith is editor-in-chief of the Washington Independent Review of Books, as well as a college lecturer, longtime freelance writer, and proud “Jeopardy!” bronze medalist. Prior to joining the Independent, she was managing editor of Maryland Life magazine. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, CNBC.com , Salon, and elsewhere. She also co-authored the travel guide Seafood Lover’s Chesapeake Bay, which is ironic since she doesn’t eat fish. Find her on Bluesky at @HSmithWrites.
About the Venue
Frederick Book Arts Center
Presented by Curious Iguana Books
127 S. Carroll Street
Frederick, MD 21701
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