About this Event
2026 Science + Literature–selected title Bog Queen by Anna North alternates between the perspectives of a forensic anthropologist, a 2,000-year-old druid, and a chorus of moss. Join North for a reading and conversation on the research behind her newest novel, and the impact of human ambition in art and science. Moderated by Akil Kumarasamy, author of the novel Meet Us by the Roaring Sea and 2026 Science + Literature selection committee member.
Limited free copies of Bog Queen will be available at the event, first come, first served. The program will be followed by a book signing and cash bar reception.
Presented in partnership with Grubstreet and the National Book Foundation.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Anna North is the author of the novels America Pacifica, The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, and Outlawed, which was an instant New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club pick. She is also a senior correspondent at Vox. Her most recent novel, Bog Queen, was a national bestseller.
Akil Kumarasamy is the author of the linked story collection Half Gods, which was named a New York Times Editors' Choice, and the novel Meet Us by the Roaring Sea. She received the Bard Fiction Prize and the Story Prize Spotlight Award, and was a finalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize, Lambda Literary Award, and PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize. She has attended residencies at the Fine Arts Work Center, MacDowell, Yaddo, Callie’s Berlin, among others. She is an associate professor in the Rutgers University-Newark MFA program and a 2024–25 Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
About Science + Literature
The National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature program identifies three books annually, across genres, that deepen readers’ understanding of science and technology, and focuses on highlighting the diversity of voices in contemporary science and technology writing. Science + Literature is made possible by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Read more about the Science + Literature program on the National Book Foundation's website.
About GrubStreet
GrubStreet is the place where writers develop their craft—and themselves—through the power of writing and sharing their work. They offer hundreds of creative writing programs and events for writers from all backgrounds aged 13 to 113 at their Center for Creative Writing, in many Boston neighborhoods, and online. Scholarships are available for all offerings, and many programs are free. Learn more at grubstreet.org.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
GrubStreet, 50 Liberty Drive, Boston, United States
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