Ania Card in conversation with Rachel Dawson at Waterstones Swansea

Join us for an evening of bookish chat with authors Ania Card (Above Us the Sea) and Rachel Dawson (Neon Roses)
Both books are set, at least in part, in South Wales, with Cardiff and Swansea both featuring.
Praise for Ania Card
"This is a stunning novel that completely captured my heart. It's a book about loss, grief, love and identity & every beautifully constructed sentence lingers. I loved it." Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
“A story that cunningly captures the tidal waves of grief, identity and connectivity. Card doesn't leave a word out of place.” Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures
"A deeply moving story of grief, losing and finding oneself, and the bonds of friendship, every sentence sings with beauty and sadness." Sarah Marsh, author of A Sign of Her Own
"Above Us The Sea, by Ania Card is a wonderful exploration of love, loss and identity set in London, Cardiff and Warsaw. Sometimes brutal, always beautiful, this is a work of poise, tenderness and affecting authenticity, unafraid to expose human frailty and to ask important questions about the compromises we are willing to make in order to belong." Wiz Wharton, author of Ghost Girl, Banana
"Card captures the atmosphere of a particular moment in British history, and the lives of people who are scapegoated and alienated by two different countries, and blossoming in the gap between them." Rachel Dawson, author of Neon Roses
"Above Us The Sea shows how we can be made and remade, translated and retranslated - for better and for worse - in the eyes and arms of others. A documentation and love letter to the fantasy spaces of gay bars, indie music venues, foreign countries and the homes of friends, Card's novel celebrates all who have held us at our most vulnerable and temporary.' Jen Calleja, author of Vehicle
Praise for Rachel Dawson
Neon Roses is a big-hearted story about finding your feet and following your heart, set against a beautifully-realised backdrop of 1980s British life. Tender, sexy, uplifting and fun. - SARAH WATERSA bold coming of age story that's joyfully queer, filthy and fun! Neon Roses transports the reader back to the passion and the protests of 1980s, in a voice that is fresh and proudly Welsh - CHLOE TIMMSPitch-perfect in its vivid immersion in an Elnett-scented, fuck-Thatcher-yelling 80s sensorium, Neon Roses is bursting with the pride and DIY fashion genius with which small-town fierce femme Eluned stitches together her queer community. A hug and a snog of a book, stick it in your pocket to flag that you're here for queer love - SO MAYER

Event Venue

Waterstones, 17 Whitewalls, Swansea, United Kingdom