Description
Readers are turning ever more to magical worlds shaped by friendship, belonging and everyday transformation, this panel explores the growing appeal of cosy fantasy and how it is reshaping contemporary fiction.
Join authors Amy Coombe and Sangu Mandanna as they discuss the intimate magical settings, found-family storytelling and quietly transformative journeys at the heart of their work. Together, they reflect on how their novels create spaces where magic exists close to home and community sits at the centre of the story.
From magical inns and hidden covens to unlikely friendships and spells woven into ordinary life, cosy fantasy offers readers comfort, escapism and hope. Discover why this fast-growing genre is resonating so strongly with audiences today and what it reveals about what readers are searching for now.
About the Speakers
Amy Coombe
Amy Coombe is a fossil-hunter, bird-watcher, licensed mudlarker and a few other things. Born in the US, she now lives and works in London. The cosy romantic fantasy novel Stay For A Spell is Coombe’s debut.
Sangu Mandanna
Sangu Mandanna is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Vanya and the Wild Hunt, and many more fantasy novels. When she’s not writing, Mandanna spends her time reading, crocheting, and pretending she’s a cottage witch.
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