Join us in welcoming renowned poet and novelist Nikita Gill to talk about her new book, 'Styx', a lyrical story of womanhood and godhood!

Join us in welcoming renowned poet and novelist Nikita Gill to Waterstones Cardiff to talk about her new book, Styx, a lyrical story of womanhood and godhood!

Beginning a generation before Hekate, Styx sings the story of the goddess of the underworld river that bears her name…

The firstborn child of Titans, Styx is revered as the first of her kind – until she is eclipsed and forgotten amid her scores of siblings, the Oceanids and the Potamoi.

Coming of age in a world simmering with paranoia and unspoken fear of Kronos, the volatile and unchecked god-king, Styx learns to conceal the rage ignited by her growing disillusionment with her parents and her vain and unkind siblings. Instead, she finds solace and sisterhood in her cousin, Asteria. Together, they train in the arts of creation and magic. And as they seek to learn their divine purpose and their place within the Titanomachy, they discover both the joy sparked by true love and the fierce resilience birthed from motherhood.

In this lyrical and heartrending tale of sisterhood, identity, love, and war, Styx must carve her own path to womanhood – and ultimately, godhood.

Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet, playwright, illustrator and actor who has the attention of over 840,000 Instagram followers worldwide for her work. She has given a TEDx Talk, spoken at every major literary festival in the UK and been shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Award in poetry three times, the Children's Poetry Award twice and longlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Hekate, her first novel in verse, became an instant global bestseller.

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