Join prize-winning author Cheon Seon-Ran for an afternoon of conversation at Foyles about her heartfelt and beautifully told novel, A Thousand Blues.
From its perch on top of a pile of junk inside a shed, Coli, a robot with powerful observational qualities, waits patiently for someone to find it. Coli is special among humanoids. This is because Coli has the capacity for emotion. Luckily for Coli, a young girl is about to pass by. She is obsessed with robots, and together, they will save a life.
Cheon Seon-ran made her literary debut in 2019 with the novel The Broken Bridge. Since then, she has published the short story collections Love of a Certain Substance and No Land; the novels The Savior Who Comes at Night and Nine; the novella Rang and My Desert; the linked novel The Moss Forest; and the essay collection Anyway, Digimon. She received the Grand Prize in the Novel category at the 4th Korean Science Fiction Award in 2019 and was honored with the 2024 Today’s Young Artist Award.
This event will be chaired by writer and critic Barry Pierce, whose work has appeared in The Big Issue, GQ, and i-D, among others.
The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.