This panel features three extraordinarily powerful stories about three very different periods of history, each rich in detail, frighteningly real, and peopled with remarkable characters. Eleni Kyriacou’s impressive novel The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou is based on the true story of a Cypriot grandmother accused of murder in 1950s London. The visceral Columba’s Bones by leading playwright David Greig sees a bloody search rage for sacred Christian relics on Iona in the year 825. AJ West’s atmospheric The Betrayal of Thomas True, simmers with temptation and traitors on the hidden streets of Georgian London.

Author DV Bishop will chair this event.