In conversation with Kim Wilkins
Dystopian Futures: An Evening with Veronica Roth (US) and Friends (all ages)
The Edge, State Library of Queensland
Young Adult
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#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 150 minutes
Veronica will be talking about all things writing, spec fic and dystopian futures with local award winning fantasy author Kim Wilkins. Find out about Veronica's new series and get your copy signed by the author.
Get in the cosplay spirit - come as Tris or Caleb or any of your spec fic faves. Or just come as yourself!
ALL AGES – ALL WELCOME
6.00pm DOORS OPEN
6.00pm Foyer pop up illustrators & Divergent symbol henna tattoos
6.30pm The Edge Theatre Cosplay skits performances
7.00 – 7.20pm Intermission & book sales
7.20pm Theatre doors reopen
7.30 – 8.30pm Kim Wilkins interviews Veronica Roth about Carve the Mark, her
new books.
8.30 – 9.30pm Book sales and signing
8.50 – 9.45pm MONKEY MONKEY SHAKE SHAKE music/costume performance
8.45 – 9.30pm LARP (Live Action role Play activity free outside The Edge.
10.00pm The Edge closes.
More information about Monkey Monkey Shake Shake. https://youtu.be/RzcL7btExlc
More information about Carve the Mark (#1)
In a galaxy powered by the current, everyone has a gift.
Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s current gift gives her pain and power - something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows.
Akos is the son of a farmer and an oracle from the frozen nation-planet of Thuvhe. Protected by his unusual current gift, Akos is generous in spirit, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get his brother out alive - no matter what the cost.
Carve the Mark is Veronica Roth's stunning portrayal of the power of friendship - and love - in a galaxy filled with unexpected gifts. (Source: Goodreads)
More information about The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark #2)
Fate brought them together. Now it will divide them.
Akos is in love with Cyra, in spite of his fate: He will die in service to Cyra’s family. And when Cyra’s father, Lazmet Noavek—a soulless tyrant, thought to be dead - reclaims the Shotet throne, Akos believes his end is closer than ever. As Lazmet ignites a barbaric war, Cyra and Akos are desperate to stop him at any cost. For Cyra, that could mean taking the life of the man who may - or may not - be her father. For Akos, it could mean giving his own. In a stunning twist, the two will discover how fate defines their lives in ways most unexpected.
With the addition of two powerful new voices, Veronica Roth's sequel to Carve the Mark is a chorus of hope, humour, faith, and resilience. (Source: Goodreads)
Presented by The University of Queensland
Copies of Carve the Mark, The Fates Divide and Divergent are available HERE.
#Artist
Veronica Roth (US)
Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series and the Carve the Mark series, which continue to capture legions of readers.
Veronica has a strong commitment to YA literature and the YA community. She believes that reading fosters empathy and curiosity, and that teenagers need stories that speak specifically to them.
#Moderator
Kim Wilkins
Dr Kim Wilkins was born in London and grew up in south-east Queensland. She is the author of more than 20 novels for adults and children, and writes across genres both under her own name and her pseudonym Kimberley Freeman. In 2012, she passed two million words of fiction in print, has publications in more than a dozen languages, and has been a bestseller in the United States. She has degrees in literature and creative writing, and is a senior lecturer in writing at the University of Queensland.
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