Join Adrian Tchaikovsy and RJ Barker as they chat about their page-turning books.

We’re delighted to welcome two fantastic authors to the shop to tell us more about their books, the worlds they create and their future plans.

Master of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Adrian will draw us deep into an incredible new world with an insight into Green City Wars, his sci-fi noir, crime-inspired story featuring talking animals… including a freelance racoon investigator!

RJ will tell us more about Mortedant’s Peril; an epic historical fantasy; think mystery, murder, magic and mayhem.

A FARSLEY LIT FEST 2026 EVENT: The author’s books will be available to buy and have signed on the evening.

About the Authors

Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work including the Children of Time, Final Architecture, Dogs of War, Tyrant Philosophers and Shadows of the Apt series, as well as standalone books such as Shroud, Alien Clay, Service Model and many others. Children of Time and its series has won the Arthur C Clarke and BSFA awards, and his other works have won the British Fantasy, British Science Fiction and Sidewise Awards.

RJ Barker is a critically acclaimed and award-winning author of fantasy fiction. He won the 2020 British Fantasy Society (BFS) Robert Holdstock award for Best Novel for his fourth novel, The Bone Ships. His debut trilogy The Wounded Kingdom (Age of Assassins, Blood of Assassins and King of Assassins) was nominated for the David Gemmel Award, the Kitschie Golden Tentacle, The Compton Crook and the BFS Best Debut and Best Novel awards!