Fantasy Writing: Virtual Event with Aisling Fowler

Join a live virtual event with author Aisling Fowler, talking about writing fantasy and creating fantasy worlds.

We are thrilled that Fireborn author Aisling Fowler will be joining ReadingZone for a free, live virtual event at 1.30pm, on Friday 19th November. The event will run on Zoom and is aimed at Years 7 & 8 - do join us if you can!  Aisling will introduce her fabulous debut novel, Fireborn, and talk about writing fantasy, developing characters and world building.

"Fireborn is an exciting, action-packed and magical adventure from debut author Aisling Fowler. A classic quest with a tantalising darkness, this novel is a must-read for ages 11+. The pace is fast, the fantasy setting well drawn and the character development very believable. Themes of grief, friendship, guilt and relationships are woven effortlessly into scenes of battle and magic. Highly recommended!"
Reviewed by Rhiannon Cook, school librarian.

If you would like to join us, please email:  [email protected], with your school's details, to get the link for the event. 

Find out more about Fireborn in this Q&A with Aisling Fowler 
"The first spark of Fireborn's story came to me while I was watching my husband play a computer game called Horizon Zero Dawn. The main character, Aloy, is such a brilliant heroine and I wondered why I wasn't writing character like that; girls who were strong and brave and fierce.   Almost immediately Twelve came to me. At first, all I knew was that she fought monsters with her axes and was full of a fiery anger. It was in trying to unpick where that anger came from, what had caused it, that the rest of the world, the Hunting Lodge and the clans came into being."

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