About this Event
Join us to celebrate the release of THE LOST BOOK OF LANCELOT, as author John Glynn is joined in conversation with executive editor Maddie Caldwell. Tickets include a signed copy of the book.
THE LOST BOOK OF LANCELOT:
A queer retelling of the legend of Sir Lancelot, following the famous knight as he grows up orphaned, falls in love, and attempts to fulfill his destiny at the Round Table—from the bestselling author of Out East.
"Richly detailed and evocative.” —Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes
Hidden away on the Isle of Women, a nameless orphan grows up among a powerful sisterhood, but always at a distance. He hears whispers of a prophecy that may shed light on his destiny—and his true identity: Lancelot. Determined to master the skills of knighthood, he begins training in tandem with the handsome Galehaut. As the two become inseparable, they guide one another toward their truest selves. But no matter how tightly they cling to one another, each has a role to play in the wizard Merlin's grand prophecies.
When Lancelot is forced to follow Merlin to Camelot, he fights to protect his heart while seeking the fabled grail alongside King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. But when Roman legionaries encroach on their kingdom, their quest takes on new urgency, as does Lancelot's explosive secret—the truth of what he left behind on the Isle of Women.
Steeped in rich medieval lore, The Lost Book of Lancelot is at once an immersive, a poignant love story and an epic, unforgettable tale of a vulnerable boy who is forced to rise to the occasion amid a battle between the old world and the new.
ABOUT JOHN GLYNN:
John Glynn is a freelance writer and an editor at Hanover Square Press, an imprint of HarperCollins. Previously he was an associate editor at Scribner, where he worked on a diverse list of titles ranging from up-market commercial and literary fiction to narrative nonfiction, memoir, science, journalism, pop culture, and true crime. He received his BA in English from Boston College and an MA in English from New York University. In 2018 he was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree. He grew up in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and lives in New York City.
ABOUT MADDIE CALDWELL:
Maddie Caldwell is an Executive Editor at Random House, where she acquires primarily narrative nonfiction as well as the occasional novel. Prior to that, she was an editor at Grand Central Publishing for over a decade where acquired and edited bestselling and award winning books such as You Didn’t Hear This from Me by Kelsey McKinney, We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper and God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer by Joseph Earl Thomas, which won the 2024 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. When she isn’t reading for work, she is reading for her long-running romance novel book club at WORD Bookstore and anthropomorphizing her dog, Kevin.
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667 Washington Ave, 667 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, United States
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