Join The Imaginarium and Jade Ford for an evening discussing her new book Nature’s Tributes

We’ll be talking about Jade’s work, her journey to becoming an author, and we’ll have some romantasy book based fun!

Nature’s Tributes is published on 25th March, and is the first tension-filled instalment in the Nature's War series, following human tribute Rosalind as she is thrown into the world of the fae, forced to compete alongside other human contestants in Nature's Trials, a series of lethal challenges based on the seven deadly sins. No one but you can control your actions. But are you ruled by your mind...or your heart? Beyond these doors, we will find out. As punishment for destroying her lands, Nature has selected six human tributes to enter the realm of the fae and compete in her lethal trials. Most will die.

Perhaps all. This is the brutality of Nature. When Rosalind wakes up in the land of Eleria, chosen as one of the six, her only thought is of survival.

Paired with the mischievous, handsome Winter fae Aalto, she must set aside her distrust of the fae if she is to stand a chance of making it through the trials. But what happens when she finds herself battling for more than just her life?

About Jade:

Jade Ford has an undergraduate degree in Zoology and a MSc in Genomic Medicine and sees magic in the beauty of nature. For years she dreamed of combining her fascination with Science and her love for the mystical, leading to her debut fantasy novel Nature’s Tributes, a quirky combination of fey, magic, and the repercussions of upsetting Nature! A proud book dragon, she can be bribed away from her hoard of books with offerings of cups of tea and biscuits (although she’d really prefer to have them alongside)

Details

Where: The Imaginarium

When: Friday 4th April, 6:30pm

Doors: 6:15pm

FAQs

- Will I be sent an e-ticket before the event?

Please note that we will have a guest list on the door on the night of the event, and you will not be sent an e-ticket for it - simply let us know your name/the name of the person who booked your ticket when you arrive, and we'll check you in! 

This event is hosted The Imaginarium and sponsored by Scott Bailey LLP.

Join Sam Holland (aka Louisa Scarr) and Heather Critchlow as they spend an evening in conversation talking all things crime fiction.

Sam Hollandexploded onto the crime thriller world in 2022 with her debut novel, The Echo Man, shocking and enthralling readers and reviewers alike with its sinister depiction of a serial killer copying notorious real-life murderers of the past. Her books have been published in 15 countries worldwide, including the US, Germany and the Netherlands, where she became the first author to win the Bronze Bat for her debut and the Silver Bat for best thriller in consecutive years at the Nederlands Thrillerfestival.

She also writes as Louisa Scarr, and is the author of the Butler and West police crime thrillers, beginning with Last Place You Look and ending with Out of the Ashes. A new series, about a police dog handler, launched in July 2024 with Gallows Wood. Book two, Memorial Park, is out now and will be followed by Broken House in October.

Heather Critchlow grew up in rural Aberdeenshire and trained as a business journalist after studying history and social science at Cambridge university. Published by Canelo in May 2023, her debut novel Unsolved was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and is the first in a series about true crime podcaster Cal Lovett.

Unburied was published in January 2024. It was followed by Unsound in September 2024 and a further two books in the Cal Lovett series are planned. Heather’s first speculative crime thriller The Tomorrow Project will be out in hardback in May 2025.

Heather’s short stories are featured in Afraid of the Light, Afraid of the Christmas Lights and Afraid of the Shadows, collections of fiction written by crime writers for charity. She lives in Hertfordshire.

Details

Where: The Malt Bar, Lymington Community Centre, SO419BQ

When: Thursday 3rd July, 6:30pm

Doors: 6:15pm

Tickets are £3, but this is redeemable against a purchase of a book on the night.

FAQs

- Will I be sent an e-ticket before the event?

Please note that we will have a guest list on the door on the night of the event, and you will not be sent an e-ticket for it - simply let us know your name/the name of the person who booked your ticket when you arrive, and we'll check you in!