We are thrilled to have Genevieve Cogman joining us on the 15th of October to celebrate her new fantasy book!

We are thrilled to have Genevieve Cogman joining us on the 15th of October to celebrate her new fantasy book, A Scholar's Guide to Demonology and Other Dark Arts!

In the start of an original fantasy series, Genevieve Cogman, the author of the bestselling The Invisible Library, welcomes you to Graynes, a magical school for demon-summoning. This is St Trinian’s meets the legend of Faust.

Philomela once enjoyed the carefree life of a Cambridge Classics PhD - until her father’s gambling debts forced her to trade prestigious academia for a job on the windswept Yorkshire Moors.

Graynes, an isolated all-girls school, offers a quiet - if terribly damp - lifeline. As the new Latin mistress, Phil expects nothing more taxing than dreary weather and making dead languages interesting. Instead, she finds unsettlingly eccentric staff, frankly terrifying schoolgirl pranks . . . and a demonic summoning circle in the cellar.

For Graynes, it turns out, is no ordinary school. But the training ground for the Queen’s elite demonologists.

Guarding the realm from the forces of hell was certainly not on the job description. But as Phil is plunged into a world of dark arts, talking familiars (and many custard creams), she uncovers a sinister plot that threatens not just the school, but the fate of England itself...

This event will consist of 45 minutes of conversation between Genevieve and a soon to be announced chairperson, followed by 15 minutes of audience questions and then a signing.

Ticketing Information:

General Admission: £8

Book and Ticket: £25

Accessibility:

- Two in store bathrooms

- An elevator for accessing the first and second floors.

- Doors open from 18:45

Description supplied by the event organiser.