Happily Ever After

About

Everywhere around the world the stories are passed down through generations. From Aesop's fables to Anansi the spider. These folk tales are the creations of the common folk, they form the foundations of cultures and maintain traditions.

Join Brighton Book Festival on a journey of wonder as we explore and hear the stories from across the globe, through the telling of tales and music.

Natasha Bowen is a New York Times bestselling author of Nigerian and Welsh descent. She studied English and Creative Writing at Bath Spa University before moving to East London, where she taught for nearly ten years. Natasha’s debut book, Skin of the Sea, and its sequel Soul of the Deep, were inspired by her passion for mermaids and African history.

Due to the death of provision in Oxford, Natty Mark Samuels, writer and folklorist, set up African School in 2009, offering African Studies to the general public. It has a specialism in African and Caribbean Folklore. He is the founder of Rootical Folklore: celebrating African and Caribbean Orality through flora; and Birago Day: African and Caribbean Folklore Day. He has written the Encyclopedia of Rootical Folklore: Plant Tales from Africa and the Diaspora and The Birago Diop Trilogy.

Wendy Shearer is a performance storyteller, oral historian and author of Caribbean Folktales: Stories from the Islands and the Windrush Generation and Caribbean Folktales, Myths and Legends. Renowned for telling, writing and capturing stories from the African and Caribbean diasporas, Wendy has often been described as a masterful storyteller, bringing hidden and untold stories to life with joy and cultural sensitivity.