An Audience with Emma Whitehall at The Word

Ignatia Heretical isn't shaping up to be much of a Hero.

The daughter of the most famous Villain in the country, Ig is finding that no matter hard she tries, no-one at her illustrious Hero academy seems to trust her. Or, you know. Like her. At all. Her only friend is Pisces - the beautiful, popular girl she's been hopelessly in love with since she started school at the Lunalist Academy For The Gifted and Talented.

However, Ig's chance to prove herself comes when she's signed up for a secret reconnaissance mission; infiltrate Shackleton School for Villains and work out their nefarious plans.

Pretend to be a Villain. Make friends with an unhinged botanist, a mad scientist and his insufferable clone/lab assistant. Find out their secrets. Go home a Hero. What could possibly go wrong?

About Emma Whitehall

Emma Whitehall is a neurodivergent author and bookseller from the North East of England.

Her YA steampunk novel Clockwork Magpies was longlisted for the 2020 Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition, and was published with Northodox Press in February 2022. Heretical is her second novel, about a group of teenage supervillains. When she's not writing, Emma works at the bound in Whitley Bay; an independent bookshop where she spends her time getting overly excited about new releases and drinking a ridiculous amount of hot chocolates.

Free event, booking required. 

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This event is part of The Word's WRITE Festival which takes place throughout the whole of September. Enjoy a programme of unmissable events, workshops and performances! Find out more by viewing our full WRITE Festival programme.