The Evening Standard, in association with Netflix has announced that the inaugural Stories Festival will be held in September, and includes Jed Mercurio and Prasanna Puwanarajah previewing their new SF graphic novel, Sleeper.

Described as “a cross between the conspiracy thriller, space based science fiction and a western”, Sleeper features a biologically enhanced, enforcement marshal, DS-5. Their panel will be at 1.15 pm on Sunday September 26.

Emily Sheffield, Editor, Evening Standard: “We at the Evening Standard are excited to be launching this inaugural storytelling festival, a major creative collaboration with partner Netflix that showcases some of the best and brightest young creative talent that our Capital and the UK has to offer.”

Anne Mensah, Vice President of Original Series at Netflix, said: “What an incredible lineup of speakers and guests!  I’m thrilled that, together with the Evening Standard, we’ve been able to build a festival programme that explores storytelling in all its many guises. A great story can come from anywhere, so we are incredibly excited to be able to support a forum which brings together the next generation of young emerging talent with established authors and screenwriters.”

The event will take place at Picturehouse Central on 24-26 September 2021, with three days of inspirational storytelling in the heart of London. The first programme details have also been revealed  and celebrate a diverse range of talent, including leading authors, poets, screenwriters, debut novelists and comedians. These storytellers will share their methods and unique approaches to live audiences across this weekend extravaganza. Tickets can be purchased and the full programme viewed here

 

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