Nobel Prize for Literature winner Kazuo Ishiguro recently hailed the Argentinian writer Mariana Enriquez as “the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time”.

It’s easy to see why. Her short story collections: A Sunny Place for Shady People, Things We Lost in the Fire and International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed are widely lauded and her tenacious journalism interrogating Argentina’s dark side is equally well regarded. Additionally, her Premio Herralde Prize-winning novel Our Share of Night, blends the literary with horror, history with folklore, and the personal with political to create unsettling, interrogating and gripping narratives.

Whether you like your writing on the dark side or not, don’t miss this chance to hear from one of Latin America’s leading contemporary writers in her first visit to the Festival. Chaired by Pip Adam.

Supported by Platinum Patrons Patricia & Gary Holden.