Holly Race launches her brand new fantasy trilogy with the fabulous Six Wild Crowns. Holly is treating us to a glorious evening of conversation, reading from her book and answering audience questions. All herbooks will be available to purchase at the event, with the opportunity to have them signed at the end. Tickets are 2 and include a glass of fizz or a non-alchoholic beverage. You can preorder Hollys new book through Eventbrite or directly in the bookshop, just get in touch with us at [email protected] NO KING CAN RULE THEM ALL. From a major new voice in epic fantasy, Six Wild Crowns is a breathtaking epic fantasy of dragons, courtly intrigue, sapphic yearning, and the wives of Henry VIII as youve never seen them before. THE TUDOR QUEENS AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE - DISCOVER YOUR NEW EPIC FANTASY OBSESSION. The king has been appointed by god to marry six queens. Those six queens are all that stand between the kingdom of Elben and ruin. Or so we have been told. Each queen vies for attention. Clever, ambitious Boleyn is determined to be Henry's favourite. And if she must incite a war to win Henry over? So be it. Seymour acts as spy and assassin in a court teeming with dragons, backstabbing courtiers and strange magic. But when she and Boleyn become the unlikeliest of things - allies - the balance of power begins to shift. Together they will discover an ancient, rotting magic at Elben's heart. A magic that their king will do anything to protect. A captivating epic fantasy filled with dragons, court politics and sapphic yearning, perfect for fans of The Priory of the Orange Tree and House of the Dragon. About Holly Race is a novelist and screenwriter, with a particular interest in using fantasy and historical inspiration as springboards to interrogate issues of class, privilege, gender bias and political extremism. Her debut trilogy, the Midnights Twins series (Hot Key, 2020), uses Arthurian legend within an urban fantasy setting to explore the culture wars that leapt up in the wake of Brexit. Her next trilogy, Six Wild Crowns (Orbit, 2025), is an historical fantasy retelling of the six wives of Henry VIII as envisioned through an intersectional feminist lens. In 2022, Holly was the reading ambassador for educational charity PIXL, selecting and recommending a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books to appeal to teenage students. She continues to work with PIXL, whose aim of instilling a love of reading in young people is close to her heart. Prior to becoming a writer, Holly spent ten years as a script editor in film and television after graduating from Oriel College, Oxford with a degree in English, followed by the National Film and Television School with a diploma in script development. She has worked for companies such as Red Planet Pictures, the Imaginarium Studios, Working Title Films and Aardman Animations and on series such as popular cosy crime drama Death in Paradise. She remains connected to the screen world through occasional freelance editorial work and her own scriptwriting. Holly lives in Cambridge with her husband and daughter. When she isnt writing, she can usually be found renovating their crumbling Regency era townhouse.