Women subverting horror with Mariana Enr铆quez, Claire Kohda and Sophie White
Octavia Bright talks to Mariana Enr铆quez about Our Share of Night, her highly-praised novel about the horrors of Argentina's history, the occult and what we inherit from the past.
Octavia Bright talks to highly-acclaimed Argentinian author Mariana Enr铆quez. about her unsettling new novel which addresses the horrors of her country's past through the prism of family, heritage and the occult.
And how are a new wave of women writers subverting traditional forms of horror fiction? Claire Kohda discusses the connections between mixed-race experiences and vampires, and Irish writer Sophie White explains why women have always had an affinity with the often male-dominated genre.
Book List 鈥� Sunday 27 November and Thursday 1 December
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enr铆quez
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enr铆quez
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enr铆quez
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
Where I End by Sophie White
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Leigh Allen
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