Adam Marek & Robert Shearman

The Literature Festival joined with Comma Press to launch debut short story collections from two writers with a shared fascination for the fantastical: Robert Shearman is a playwright and TV writer, best-known for his Hugo-nominated contribution to the Christopher Eccleston season of Doctor Who. His collection Tiny Deaths is a gravity-defying examination of our approaches to mortality and the grieving process, unwinding and unpacking the strange psychological constructions we build around death. Adam Marek is a new writer whose collection Instruction Manual for Swallowing draws us down into the subconscious engine room of modern man, conjuring a bestiary of animals, mythical creatures and unlikely hybrids from the distant future/ancient past all deployed to explore and celebrate the most human of truths. The audience gathered in the heavenly surroundings of the Godlee Observatory for this unique event...