We are delighted to welcome bestselling YA author S. F. Williamson to Waterstones Piccadilly to celebrate the paperback publication of A Language of Dragons. A heartpounding dark academia YA fantasy, A Language of Dragons takes readers into an alternate Bletchley Park in 1923 as civil war ravages the UK with wild mythical beasts on the loose.
S. F. Williamson is fascinated by the way languages are born and was surrounded by them long before she undertook a degree in French and Italian. From her Grandma’s rolling Scottish R’s and her Nan’s ability to slip from English to Welsh, to the dialect spoken in the French village she grew up in, Steph has always known that languages are creatures that live and move and breathe. As a child she learned that speaking them meant accessing ideas, traditions and people she would only otherwise know from a distance. A Language of Dragons is inspired by her work as a literary translator and the fact that no matter how intimately a linguist knows their languages, some meaning is almost always lost in translation. A graduate of Bath Spa University’s MA Writing for Young People programme, Steph now lives in France with her husband and two cats.
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Please note: Book and ticket option includes a copy of A Language of Dragons (RRP. £9.99) available for collection on the night.
