We are thrilled to announce that Lottie Mills will be visiting Sheffield to talk about her incredible short story collection: Monstrum. Lottie will be in conversation with Hannah Trevarthen, Director of Nottingham City of Literature.
About Monstrum
From Lottie Mills, the winner of the BBC Young Writers' Award in 2020, comes this beautifully crafted collection of stories.
A father and daughter build a life for themselves on an isolated beach. But the outside world is pressing in. It's only a matter of time before their secret refuge is discovered.
A young disabled woman opts to receive a perfect, pain-free body. Soon, however, she finds herself haunted by the one she cast off.Â
A travelling circus master discovers the ideal addition to his cabinet of curiosities: 'damaged', 'grotesque', gifted. He plans to make her the star of his show; she plans to take her revenge.
Monstrum captures the experience of characters excluded by a society that cannot accept their difference. Eerie, fantastical and hugely ambitious, this collection announces the arrival of an outstanding new literary voice.Â
'Lottie's stories reminded me of what matters' Claire Oshetsky
'Magical and haunting' Jan Carson
About Lottie Mills
Lottie Mills was born in Hampshire and grew up in West Sussex, Hertfordshire, and Essex. She studied English at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 2020, she won the BBC Young Writers' Award for her short story ‘The Changeling’. Her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4. . Monstrum is her debut book.