Join us in welcoming Brigid Lowe to talk about her debut novel 'The Bloody Branch', a gorgeously dark re-imagining of Welsh myth and legend.About this Event
Join us for a magical and mythical evening as we welcome author Brigid Lowe to the store to celebrate the publication of The Bloody Branch, a gorgeously dark novel inspired by Celtic Britain’s first fantasy fiction.
Darkness is falling across the land. All that stands against it are three determined women: slave queen Goewin, the reclusive sorceress Arianrhod, and Blodeuwedd, a woman conjured from flowers. Can they unite against the deadly force who threatens them all?The sadistic ambition of the magician Gwydion wreaks havoc across the forests, cliffs and fields of the kingdom. With the earth itself at stake, Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd must unleash their most uncanny powers to challenge him.
In this vital and visceral novel, Brigid Lowe casts ancient light on desire, sex and our relationship with nature to bring these Celtic heroines to explosive, sensuous, blossoming new life.
'A masterpiece of poetic reimagining, woven into an intricate, otherworldly, complex and dramatic novel that held me spellbound.' - Barbara Erskine
'I adored everything about The Bloody Branch. I revelled in the absolutely exquisite prose - pure poetry - and its intensely atmospheric world shimmering with folklore and magic. . . this haunting, sensual debut had me holding my breath, firmly under its spell.' - Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body
Brigid Lowe grew up in a remote Welsh-speaking community on Ynys Môn, with her younger sister and Irish immigrant parents. She now lives with her children in that part of Scotland known as Yr Hen Ogledd – The Old North – formerly joined with Wales in one Cumbric nation. She studied literature at Bangor, completed a doctorate at Oxford, and went on to teach and research at Sheffield and Cambridge Universities, publishing a book and many essays on the art of fiction.
Refreshments will be provided! Please note that our events space is on the first floor, accessible via stairs or lift. Do contact us if you have any access requirements.
Doors open at 18:30
Event Venue
Waterstones, 2A The Hayes, Cardiff, United Kingdom
GBP 5.00 to GBP 20.00
